Canada vows to donate 200M Covid vaccine doses

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 31, 2021 11:26 am

MONTREAL: Canada on Saturday pledged at the G20 summit to donate millions more Covid vaccine doses to poor countries worldwide.

'Canada will donate the equivalent of at least 200 million doses to the Covax Facility by the end of 2022,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement, referring to the global vaccine-sharing alliance.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 at the convention center La Nuvola in the EUR district of Rome. AFP PHOTO

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