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Published April 15, 2021 3:27pm
Updated April 15, 2021 3:28pm The United States, through USAID Manila, has donated P170 million or $3.5 million to help in the Philippines immunization program against the coronavirus disease, the US Embassy said Thursday. I am proud to announce that the U.S., through @USAID Manila, is providing an additional Php170 million ($3.5 million) to support @DOHgovph s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Chargé d’Affaires John Law of US Embassy in Manila announced through his Twitter account,@USEmbassyPHDCM. I am proud to announce that the U.S., through @USAID Manila, is providing an additional Php170 million ($3.5 million) to support @DOHgovph s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Thank you to @SecDuque for joining us in Caloocan City for the announcement. #USPHThrivingAt75pic.twitter.com/XXtlDlY6zO Chargé d’Affaires John Law (@USEmbassyPHDCM) April 15, 2021
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the country will donate COVID-19 vaccine for 800,000 people via the COVAX dose-sharing facility that aims to protect health workers and other vulnerable people in lower income countries.
She was the first leader to pledge doses at the event held by the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, although European countries including Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden pledged new funds. Dose sharing can help us make the best use of available vaccines, and the COVAX Facility provides an efficient and equitable way to share doses with others, Ardern said.
A fund-raising event organised by the Gavi vaccine alliance and the United States secured more than $300 million in fresh funds and Covid-19 doses for the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, USAID Acting Administrator Gloria Steele said on Thursday. Investment in COVAX is a prerequisite for recovery .ending the acute phase of the pandemic is currently the best economic decision for any country, Jose Manuel Barroso, chair of the Gavi vaccine alliance, said after the three-hour event hosted by the organisation.
US to contribute $2 billion
The US will contribute an additional $2 billion to the vaccines alliance Gavi through 2022 in support of the global COVAX initiative so that people everywhere can have access to safe and effective vaccines, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday and called on partners to aid urgent vaccine manufacturing, supply and delivery needs.
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