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Nearly two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for equitable distribution in 2021 to the 190 countries that have signed on to a World Health Organization-led partnership, according to a Friday announcement from the group.
Officials from the vaccine manufacturers said they expect delivery to begin in the first quarter of next year.
The partnership, known as COVAX, said the supply includes at least 1.3 billion doses for low- and middle-income countries.
With the first vaccine beginning to arrive in some high-income countries and a second nearing approval in the United States, the rest of the world has wondered when lifesaving treatment would reach them.