Having advised EU member states not to purchase Covid-19 vaccines under the COVAX Facility, which was designed to organise the procurement of coronavirus vaccines at global level, the European Commission announced on Monday 31 August that it intends to join COVAX.
The purpose behind COVAX, which operates under the auspices of GAVI (the Vaccine Alliance), CEPI and the WHO, is to facilitate fair access to the vaccine worldwide.
“We will join COVAX together with our EU Member States, as Team...