Though deliveries of COVAX vaccine started at a brisk pace this week, with developed countries ramping up their programs, the demand far exceeds the supply, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.At a briefing today, WHO officials said they and their partners will hold a global summit on Mar 8 and 9 to look at gaps in the supply chain and examine ways to boost production.
Also, officials raised concerns about a COVID-19 surge in Brazil, where the P1 variant is dominant.Multiple strategies to boost supplyTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, the WHO's director-general, said COVAX, the program for equitably distributing COVID-19 vaccine supplies, has now delivered more than 20 million doses to 20 countries, and in the next week, it will