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EU pledges 400 million euros to WHO's Covax Global Vaccines Facility

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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces that the EU will join the Covax facility, a global access scheme for a vaccine against Covid-19 launched by the WHO and designed to ensure equitable access to coronavirus vaccines, and will contribute 400 million euros in guarantees to support Covax and its objectives. SOUNDBITE

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