
Indias potential participation in COVAX advance market commitment is under way – The Hindu
Gates Foundation has committed over $650 million towards tackling COVID-19.
With 11 COVID-19 vaccines having entered Phase-3 trials and six vaccines already approved for limited use, the next challenge is to support manufacturing and ensure that the vaccines are accessible, affordable and available to all people. Gates Foundation has committed over $650 million towards tackling COVID-19. The foundation has signed an agreement with Serum Institute to facilitate vaccine production, in which the foundation will provide at-risk funding of $300 million to manufacture up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for India and low- and middle-income countries. The funding is being provided through GAVI.
Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Founda...