BRASILIA (Reuters) – Vaccinating 20% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean against COVID-19 will cost more than $2 billion but low income countries will be helped by the COVAX Facility led by the World Health Organization, its regional branch said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), COVAX aims to deploy at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a remarkable figure. But we also know that it won\u2019t be sufficient to vaccinate everyone, at least not at first,\u201d , PAHO Assistant Director Jarbas Barbosa said.<\/p>\n
PAHO is working to ensure every nation in the region that is interested will have access to the COVAX Facility, a coalition that aims to provide equitable access to eventual COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n
Self-financing countries in the Americas participating in COVAX will have the option to purchase the vaccines through PAHO\u2019s Revolving Fund, which will speed up their access, he said in a remote briefing from Washington.<\/p>\n
So far, 28 self-financing countries have signed agreements with the COVAX Facility, and an additional 10 countries are eligible for support under the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, Barbosa said.<\/p>\n
PAHO and UNICEF last week started the purchasing process by inviting COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers around the world to become suppliers for the 186 countries that have joined COVAX.<\/p>\n
With countries in the Americas fearing a second wave of coronavirus, the region reported nearly 1.5 million cases and 19,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in last week, PAHO said.<\/p>\n
The United States continues to see an acceleration of cases, reporting more than 1 million new infections in the past week alone, Barbosa said.<\/p>\n
Brazil is experiencing a new increase in cases and deaths, and Uruguay has seen spikes in areas bordering Brazil, he said.<\/p>\n
Cases have decreased in most Andean countries and Argentina continues to see a sharp decrease, according to PAHO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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