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Quito, Aug 16 (EFE).- More than 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived Monday in Quito. Donated by the Spain to COVAX, the vaccines were delivered through the COVAX Facility’s dose-sharing scheme to the Government of Ecuador. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHÁVEZ). SHOT LIST: A SHIPMENT WITH MORE THAN 100,000 DOSES OF VACCINE AGAINST COVID-19 DONATED BY SPAIN, AT THE MARISCAL SUCRE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN QUITO, ECUADOR.
Monrovia, Jul 25 (EFE/EPA).- A shipment of Covid-19 vaccines donated by the United States through the World Organization Health Initiative's COVAX arrived Sunday in Liberia's capital. (Camera: AHMED JALLANZO). B-ROLL OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE ADDITIONAL DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE AT THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION CULTURAL AFFAIRS & TOURISM (MICAT), IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA. SOUND BITES: LIBERIA'S HEALTH MINISTER, WILHELMINA JALLAH; COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF CONCERN WORLDWIDE, DAVE SMITH AND COUNTRY DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, FAITH AKOVI COOPER (IN ENGLISH).
The United States commits to donating 80 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine abroad by the end of the month, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients says during a news briefing. "We will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available," Zients says. SOUNDBITE
The United States will release an additional 20 million doses of Covid vaccine to other countries, bringing the total being shipped out to 80 million. Speaking at her daily briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters "the United States will send 20 million doses authorized for use in the United States to help countries battling the pandemic by the end of June". SOUNDBITE
The Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urges countries to donate 10 mn vaccine doses 'immediately' to Covax, the mechanism created to give equitable access to vaccine globally. SOUNDBITE
Senegal receives its first doses of Covid-19 vaccines under the global scheme Covax at the Dakar Blaise Diagne International Airport. IMAGES