Germany has, according to the federal government, more than 5.3 million vaccine doses given to other countries. This is done through the Covax Alliance and bilaterally, said a spokeswoman for the Federal Foreign Office on Wednesday in Berlin. “We continue to strive for a fair distribution of vaccines worldwide,” she said. The recipients were Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as Mauritania, Sudan and Namibia.
Accordingly, so far 1,712,000 doses bilaterally and 3,493,200 through the Covax vaccination initiative submitted. “Around 5 million cans that are being dispensed bilaterally to Vietnam, Egypt and Ghana are about to be shipped. 4,760,489 cans are also being delivered via Covax, ”said the Foreign Office.
Germany is a founding member of the anti-pandemic cooperation ACT-A, which was launched in April 2020, and provides considerable amounts of money. The most Money goes to the Covax vaccine platform, smaller amounts to the platforms for diagnostics and drugs against Covid-19. Covax funds research into corona vaccines and procures vaccination doses directly. Financing for 92 of the poorest countries is provided by richer countries.