After having inoculated 79% of its population, Canada has decided donate 17.7 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. These will be distributed through the Covax program, promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The American country has allocated 353 million US dollars to the program in question, in order to guarantee equitable access to anti-COVID-19 drugs for all countries of the globe.
Karina Gould and Anita Anand, ministers of International Development and Public Procurement, respectively, also indicated that the Canadian Government will match the donation of private companies to the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus promoted by Unicef. It will be a maximum of Canadian $ 10 million —Equivalent to US $ 8 million — the amount provided by this country.
Anand added that the batch of vaccines available for donation belongs to an advance agreement reached with AstraZeneca at the start of the pandemic.
Canada secured the acquisition of up to 440 million doses from the British pharmaceutical company, although its population only amounts to 37 million. Thus, currently they are no longer necessary, so they have chosen to provide them to the WHO for fair distribution to countries that need to stock up on this drug.
The doses in question will be manufactured in the United States and will be distributed in the coming weeks, although until now the exact date and the countries that will be credited with this benefit are unknown.
79% of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, while the 55% already have the complete guideline.
Canadian authorities have recommended inoculation with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, since they work with messenger RNA technology. However, your government has also approved the use of AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson within its territory.
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