World / 1bn COVID-19 vaccine doses secured for low, middle income nations: WHO

World Health Organization on Friday announced that nearly 1 billion doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for low and middle-income countries through its global COVAX plan. WHO would make decisions on emergency use authorisation of the vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca in coming weeks, Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said. WHO's COVAX programme includes 189 nations.