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On the last day of a NATO summit in Madrid, United States President Joe Biden says that the United States intends to announce "more than 800 million" dollars in military aid to Ukraine in the next few days including "new advanced Western air defence systems for Ukraine, more artillery and ammunition, counter-battery radars, additional ammunition for the HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems we've already given Ukraine and more HIMARS from other countries as well." SOUNDBITE
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
The World Health Organization announces a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for poorer countries, through Covax global pool. 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.
A European Commission spokesperson says the EU executive is suing British-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July. SOUNDBITE
Moscow, Apr 5 (EFE), (Camera EPA/EFE Archive).- The Russian Direct Investment Fund on Monday announced an agreement with the Indian Panacea Biotec to produce 100 million annual doses of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.The deal would allow RDIF to provide its international partners with the jab, the Russian sovereign fund said in a statement.India is one of the first countries Russia has approached to manufacture the vaccine, approved by 59 countries.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF MOSCOW AND COVID-19VACCINATION IN INDIA.