The EU’s goal is to ensure that 70% of the world’s population is vaccinated by the middle of next year, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The European Union is by far the largest donor of COVID-19 vaccines in the world, he said, adding that “EU Member States have distributed more than 350 million doses of donations to countries around the world”.
“The vast majority, about 300 million doses, have been distributed through COVAX. The COVAX mechanism now transports vaccines to low- and middle-income countries. “And we are working hard with the COVAX mechanism and vaccine manufacturers, with donors and recipient countries, to accelerate the actual delivery of these doses,” said von der Leyen.
He added that “EU Member States have delivered over 45 million doses through bilateral donations – for example to our neighbors in the Western Balkans.
Thus, in total, about 350 million installments have been distributed by Team Europe. But they need more. “At this point, 44% of the world’s population is vaccinated.”
The President of the Commission noted that “a large part of the necessary doses for these vaccines were exported or distributed from Europe. And we will do more. “We will intensify our efforts to support Africa where vaccination is lower than in other parts of the world.”
“Our goal is to ensure that 70% of the world’s population is vaccinated by the middle of next year. “Because we will only control this pandemic if we fight it in every corner of the world.”
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