BRUSSELS, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that her institution is ready to join the COVAX Facility, a pooled procurement mechanism for vaccines against COVID-19.
The Commission also announced a 400 million-euro (477.8 million U.S. dollars) contribution in guarantees to support COVAX, which aims to ensure equal and fair access to vaccines for "low and middle income countries," a European Commission media release stated.
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