Vaccine alliance, Serum agree extra 100 mln Covid-19 dose deal for poorer countries
They will be priced at a maximum of $3 per dose
FILE PHOTO: A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the Covid-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
The GAVI vaccine alliance said on Tuesday it had agreed a new collaboration with Indian pharmaceutical company Serum Institute that will make an extra 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available for low and middle income countries.
The additional doses bring the total Covid-19 vaccines to be delivered by the Serum partnership to up to 200 million doses, GAVI said in a statement.
They will be priced at a maximum of $3 per dose.
