administer our vaccines and equity. therefore it is a good commitment. we are definitely in favour of that but are still waiting for the concrete action so to move forward. you talk about sharing vaccines and thatis you talk about sharing vaccines and that is principally through the kovacs programme, the programme designed to share vaccines to poorer countries and the original aim was 2,000,000 doses would be shared by the end of the shiver that has been revised down to 1.4 billion. is that ambition feasible by the middle of next year? it ambition feasible by the middle of next ear? ., , ., , , next year? it would be feasible if production next year? it would be feasible if production were next year? it would be feasible if production were to next year? it would be feasible if production were to be next year? it would be feasible if production were to be taken - next year? it would be feasible if production were to be taken up. | production were to be taken up. people are looki
not festive so we need that planning today, as you say, say it good start for that but we need simply more doses, a greater supply and acceleration in that dose sharing. and give us an updates on delivering those doses, we know that countries in africa are among the most in need of doses from this scheme, this covax scheme, so, the logistics on the ground, how are they working? look, it really is a mountain to climb, you know, we need lots of thing, we need dose sharing, we need it accelerated. we need vaccine producers to focus on covax, mums and dads there is no magic pot of money, we know what needs to happen, that means getting things on the grounds, health workers training them up, it means getting cold systems and storage facilities out there. we know those things, that requires funding, so it a mountain to climb. we know a pathway through, it is those step on that pathway. if
started in late february. then, we had supply issues. and supply issues are, still, in the background. particularly, the pfizer vaccine. and really, the astrazeneca vaccine for which one of our vaccine producers is producing about a million doses a week. but unfortunately, there s been the rare clotting issue we have seen. right. which has been a problem, yeah, with astrazeneca. but i want to ask you, if australia is having trouble with, both, the availability of vaccine, and then vaccine hesitancy. how hopeful are you that, even though we have this, you know, the scientific discovery of these vaccines, that it s actually going to make a difference to the way we handle covid in the next, let s say, two or three years? look. i think we will, eventually, get there, certainly. eventually? yes, eventually, paula. but i think, particularly with the pfizer vaccine, we see more of that in australia.
is going to come together in cornwall a plan notjust to make sure that we can vaccinate the world but we can build strong resilient health systems to ensure that we are ready for the next pandemic. we heard earlierfrom the american national security adviser. he told the bbc that america would be at the forefront of vaccine diplomacy. so let s have a look at who has shared the most vaccines. well the us has pledged 80 million vaccines around the world. and the eu has promised over 1.5 billion doses to be made available by the vaccine producers. but there has been criticism of both of vaccine hoarding and vaccinating their own populations first. here s the director general of the world health organization. at the assembly, i called for a massive global effort to vaccinate at least 10% of the population of all countries by september and that leaves 70 persons by the end of the year. to reach this target, we need
with american forces on a regular basis. both for their sake as well as the sake of the american forces. in addition to that, we have talked about the ability to have vaccines produced with our working with, and this is in the off, one of the major vaccine producers in the united states where korea is incredibly sophisticated and with the help of that particular that particular company we ll be able to make significant numbers of vaccines for themselves. and lastly, it is my hope and expectation. i cannot commit to it because we don t know for certain, but we think that over the remainder of 2021 we re going to be able to vaccinate every american. we have enough we have enough vaccine vaccine. every american period right now. and we re going to be able to do