Vaccine alliance expects to hold talks with Biden team on COVAX

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Reuters
13 November, 2020, 05:00 pm
Last modified: 13 November, 2020, 05:01 pm
GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley, speaking to reporters on Friday, noted that Biden had set up a task force on the pandemic, adding they are "believers in science"

The head of the GAVI vaccine alliance expects to hold talks with the incoming team of US President-elect Joe Biden about collaborating with the COVAX global facility, which has been set up to provide Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries.

GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley, speaking to reporters on Friday, noted that Biden had set up a task force on the pandemic, adding they are "believers in science".

The Trump administration did not join the facility.

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