Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 21st June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will distribute the surplus COVID-19 vaccines pledged by the UK for poorer countries.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 5th July 2021

The UK is committed to equitable access to safe and effective vaccines leading the G7 to commit to donate an additional 1 billion doses. We will share 100 million doses within the next year and 80% of the vaccines shared will go to COVAX. As the multilateral mechanism set up to support international co-operation on vaccines, COVAX remains best-placed to allocate vaccines to where they will be most effective. So far, COVAX has helped deliver over 87m doses to 130 countries and territories.

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