WHO-led COVAX initiative secures contracts of 2 bln doses of COVID-19 vaccines: Tedros


By Liu Qu

GENEVA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- COVAX, an international initiative for COVID-19 vaccines led by the World Health Organization (WHO), has secured contracts of 2 billion doses of vaccines, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

"We are ready. COVAX is ready. Countries are ready," Tedros declared at a press briefing on Friday.

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