Chinese drugmakers agree to supply more than half a billion vaccines to COVAX


GENEVA, July 12 (Reuters): The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) said on Monday it had signed two advance purchase agreements with Chinese drugmakers Sinopharm and Sinovac to provide up to 550 million Covid-19 vaccines to the COVAX programme.

The new deals include up to 170 million doses of the Sinopharm shot and up to 380 million shots of the Sinovac vaccine, through to the middle of 2022, the statement said. Sinovac confirmed the agreement in a statement.

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