WHO agrees to buy up to 40 million vaccine doses from Pfizer

JAKARTA, Jan 23 (Jakarta Post/ANN-Kyodo News): The World Health Organisation has announced that it has signed a purchase agreement for up to 40 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer as part of its initiative to provide global equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.

Between the anticipated supply agreements for the Pfizer vaccine and ongoing work to approve an AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine candidate, the UN health body expects to begin delivering Covid-19 vaccines by late February under an allocation framework designed to ensure access for low- and middle-income countries, the WHO said in a statement.