Japan Leads Pledges of $2.4 Billion to Bridge Covax Funding Gap
- PM Suga says Japan will donate additional $800 million
- Countries also pledge to donate millions of Covid vaccines
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Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga led donations totaling $2.4 billion aimed at closing a funding gap that has hampered the distribution of coronavirus vaccinations to poorer nations around the world.
At a summit on Wednesday co-hosted with Gavi, the vaccine alliance, Suga said Japan will provide an additional $800 million to the World Health Organization-backed Covax initiative that is purchasing vaccines for 92 low-and-middle-income countries.