The European Union and the European Investment Bank made financial commitments at the global fundraising event co-hosted by GAVI - the Vaccine Alliance - and by Japan on Wednesday 2 June to accelerate access to 1.8 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine for low-income countries through the Covax Advance Market Commitment this year.
US$2.4 billion has been pledged by some 40 governments and the private sector, bringing the total pledged so far to US$9.6 billion.
Austria has pledged...