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EU to provide €125mn to help Covid vaccine distribution in Africa

Donation a fraction of $5.2bn Covax said it needs this year to pay for medical accessories

The EU is giving €125mn to support Covid-19 vaccine distribution in Africa after the international Covax programme said a shortage of syringes and medical equipment was slowing efforts to vaccinate the world’s poorest people.

Countries across Africa have been plagued by vaccine shortages. Public health experts have warned that the uneven rollout of vaccines could lead to new coronavirus variants emerging in areas where fewer people have been vaccinated.

Covax, a World Health Organization-backed programme, last month said that it could not issue all the doses it had received because it lacked the infrastructure to deliver them, such as storage boxes.

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