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The EU is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announces. SOUNDBITE
Guatemala City, Aug 5 (EFE) .- Spain delivered 201,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 to Guatemala Thursday, as part of a commitment in which it promised to donate 22.5 million doses to various countries, of which 7.5 million doses will reach Latin America.(Camera: ESTEBAN BIBA)SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL OF VACCINES DELIVERED BY SPAIN TO GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA.
A European Commission spokesperson says the EU executive is suing British-Swedish pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca to force it to deliver 90 million more doses of its Covid-19 vaccine before July. 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
Santa Cruz (Bolivia), Feb 24 (EFE) (CAMERA: Juan Pablo Roca) .- Bolivia received 500,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine Wednesday, the largest that has reached the country, for the entire medical personnel and people at risk, such as cancer patients or kidney problems.
The World Health Organization announces a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for poorer countries, through Covax global pool. SOUNDBITE