Vaccines: EU doubles support for WHO to 1 billion euros

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 19 - The EU doubles funding for Covax, the WHO initiative to guarantee access to anti-Covid vaccines for low-income countries around the world, bringing it to one billion euros.

This is what we learn from EU sources.

The announcement will be made by the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in the afternoon on the occasion of the G7 leaders' meeting.

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