Covax signs deal for 500 million Moderna Covid vaccine doses

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The Covax global vaccine equity program has signed an advance purchase agreement with Moderna for 500 million doses of its Covid-19 jabs, the scheme’s co-leaders Gavi announced Monday.

“We are very pleased to sign this new agreement with Moderna, giving Covax facility participants access to yet another highly efficacious vaccine,” Seth Berkley, chief executive of the Gavi vaccine alliance, said in a statement.

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