A vaccine summit hosted by the British government has raised billions of dollars to immunise children in developing countries as experts wrestled with the difficult question of how any potential vaccine against the coronavirus might be distributed globally - and fairly.
GAVI also announced a new "advance market commitment" mechanism to enable developing countries to get any effective COVID-19 vaccine when available. The worldwide scramble for masks and ventilators that erupted in the early stages of the outbreak are not encouraging signs that there will be much global co-operation if and when a coronavirus vaccine is available.
The urgency of finding a way to stem outbreaks was evident as Brazil reported yet another record number of deaths over the previous 24 hours - 1349. Neighbouring Pakistan reported more than 4000 new cases and 82 deaths as its confirmed cases surpassed neighbouring China, jumping to 85,264.
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