COVID VACCINE PRODUCTION

July 22, 2021

World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that five member states of WTO alone will account for three-quarters of the entire global output of COVID-19 vaccines this year.

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  • Production remains highly centralised as about 75 per cent of this year’s vaccines appear set to come from five WTO members – India, Germany, US, France and China.

  • WTO DG said, 1.1 billion COVID vaccine doses were administered worldwide in June this year.