The Quad countries – the United States, India, Japan and Australia – welcomed India’s announcement to resume exporting safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines. also to Covax, from October.
the Quad nations have also pledged to donate more than 1.2 billion Covid-19 vaccine Doses worldwide in addition to Covax funded vaccines.
According to the White House, 79 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have already been delivered to the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition, the quad nations also welcomed the production of Biological E LTD.
“Quad executives welcome the production of at least one billion safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines by Biological E LTD, including through our Quad investments, by the end of 2022,” the statement said.
“Today we are proud to announce a first step towards supplies that will immediately help the Indo-Pacific and the world end the pandemic,” the statement said.
“Our vaccine partnership remains on track to expand production at Biological E Ltd. this fall so that at least 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines can be produced by the end of 2022,” the statement said.
“As a first step towards this new capacity, leaders will announce bold measures that will immediately assist the Indo-Pacific in its endeavor to end the pandemic,” she added.
In addition, the quad leaders said they are working to better prepare for the next pandemic.
“We will continue to build coordination of health security efforts in the Indo-Pacific and jointly hold at least one table or exercise in preparation for a pandemic in 2022,” they said.
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According to the statement, Japan said it will continue to help regional countries source safe, effective and quality-assured vaccines over $ 3.3 billion under the Covid-19 Rapid Response Emergency Relief program.
Australia will provide $ 212 million in vaccine purchase grants for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
In addition, Australia will allocate $ 219 million to support the introduction of vaccines on the last mile and to take the lead in coordinating Quad’s efforts to deliver the last mile in these regions.
“We will continue to strengthen and support the life-saving work of international organizations and partnerships, including WHO, Covax, Gavi, CEPI and UNICEF, as well as national governments,” the statement said.
“The leaders are determined to build confidence and trust in vaccines. To this end, the Quad countries will host an event at the 75th World Health Assembly [WHA] is dedicated to combating hesitation, ”it added.
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