COVAX has delivered 1 billion vaccine doses to poor countries

The COVAX program, a United Nations-backed initiative of the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and other organizations, has now delivered 1 billion doses of vaccines against the coronavirus to poor countries who could not afford to secure them on their own, according to WHO. The billionth dose was part of a shipment of 1.1 million vaccine doses to Rwanda on Saturday. The doses have been sent to 144 countires. WHO in a statement criticized countires that have hoarded or stockpiled vaccine doses. The agency also said that 36 of the UN’s 194 member countries have vaccinated less than 10% of their population and 88 have vaccinated less than 40%.