Spain pledged on Sunday to donate an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to poor countries, bringing the total number of doses it has promised to distribute to 50 million.
“The best we can do is guarantee universal and equitable access to vaccines against COVID-19,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told a news conference in Rome after the G20 summit.
“We are committed to significantly increasing both the supply and access to and delivery of vaccines in developing countries,” he said.
He added that “in order to contribute to this goal in a tangible way, the Spanish government has announced that it will honor its commitment to donate 30 million doses of vaccine by the end of the year and we will donate an additional 20 million doses over the next three years.” first months of 2022 “.
Spain pledged in September to donate an additional 7.5 million doses of vaccine to the international COVAX mechanism, then increasing the amount it promises to distribute to 30 million doses.
With 88.5% of its population now fully vaccinated, Spain boasts one of the best vaccination coverage in Europe.
The Iberian country of about 45 million people counts just over 87,000 deaths due to COVID-19 from the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest data from the Spanish Ministry of Health.
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