Vaccine firms pledge 3.5 Bn Covid Doses for poorer nations
- Date: 21-May-2021
- Source: National News Agency - Lebanon
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Saudi Arabia
Vaccine firms pledge 3.5 Bn Covid Doses for poorer nations
NNA - Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson told a G20 health summit Friday they will supply around 3.5 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses at cost or discount to poorer nations this year and next.
US pharma giant Pfizer will deliver two billion doses "over the next 18 months", including one billion in 2021, chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla said.
Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel announced "up to 95 million doses" for 2021 and "up to 900 million" for 2022, including through the Covax vaccine-sharing programme.