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The EU is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announces. SOUNDBITE
Quito, Aug 16 (EFE).- More than 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived Monday in Quito. Donated by the Spain to COVAX, the vaccines were delivered through the COVAX Facility’s dose-sharing scheme to the Government of Ecuador. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ). SHOT LIST: A SHIPMENT WITH MORE THAN 100,000 DOSES OF VACCINE AGAINST COVID-19 DONATED BY SPAIN, AT THE MARISCAL SUCRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Monrovia, Jul 25 (EFE/EPA).- A shipment of Covid-19 vaccines donated by the United States through the World Organization Health Initiative's COVAX arrived Sunday in Liberia's capital. (Camera: AHMED JALLANZO). B-ROLL OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADDITIONAL DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION CULTURAL AFFAIRS & TOURISM (MICAT), IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA. SOUND BITES: LIBERIA'S HEALTH MINISTER, WILHELMINA JALLAH; COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF CONCERN WORLDWIDE, DAVE SMITH AND COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, FAITH AKOVI COOPER (IN ENGLISH).
The UK Prime Minister told a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in England that a billion doses will be donated to poorer countries by the end of next year.
The Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urges countries to donate 10 mn vaccine doses 'immediately' to Covax, the mechanism created to give equitable access to vaccine globally.