
THE US FORMALLY JOINED COVAX. WILL IT MATTER?
WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 Data Updates High-income country confirmed dose total: 4.2 billion Upper-middle-income country total: 1.14 billion Lower-middle-income country total: 444 million Low-income country total: 270 million COVAX total: 1.11 billion Total worldwide confirmed purchases of Covid-19 vaccines: 7.2 billion doses Weekly Insights and Interesting Trends Author: Andrea Taylor The US formally joined COVAX. Will it Matter? Dr. Anthony Fauci, newly named the US Chief Medical Advisor, warmly addressed the WHO executive board within the first 24 hours of the Biden administration. Dr. Fauci confirmed that under President Joe Biden, the US will rejoin the WHO and will also join COVAX, the global mechanism designed to ensure equitable allocation of vaccines across the world. The value of this move may be largely symbolic at this point. The…