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US refuses to join international effort to develop Covid-19 vaccine – The Guardian
Decision is ‘real blow’ to Covax project, expert says, with White House blaming stance on role of WHO and China
The US government has said that it will not participate in a global initiative to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a vaccine for Covid-19 because the effort is co-led by the World Health Organization.
The Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (Covax) is a plan developed by the WHO, along with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and is meant to accelerate the development and testing of a vaccine and work toward distributing it equal…
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