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Covid-19 live updates: Developing countries get a $2.4 billion Covax boost for vaccine distribution Katerina Ang © Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images A vaccine dose is prepared in India. The Covax program to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines globally raised nearly $2.4 billion in fresh funding after a virtual conference on Wednesday a sum that will allow it to deliver 1.8 billion fully subsidized doses to developing economies by early 2022. The funds were pledged by roughly 40 private donors and countries. The sums ranged from a $2,500 contribution from Mauritius to $50 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and $800 million from Japan, Reuters reported. The United States, which has already committed $4 billion over two years for the program, did not make any new announcements at the conference, which was attended by Vice President Kamala Harris.

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