March 28, 2021 8:55 PM

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Charities group in UK ask PM to clarify how many COVID vaccine prepared to donate

<span style="color: #222222;">A group of charities are urging Boris Johnson to clarify how many Covid vaccine doses the UK is prepared to donate to poorer countries. Save the Children and the Wellcome Trust are among those calling on the Prime Minister to start donating jabs through Covax. This scheme aims to provide jabs for low and middle-income countries.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said, the UK does not currently have a surplus of vaccines, but when it does that surplus will be shared. The UK, which has ordered 400 million vaccine doses and will have many left over, has said it will donate most of its surplus vaccine supply to poorer countries. The lower income countries most likely to receive the first vaccines through Covax include Afghanistan, Haiti, DR Congo, Ethiopia and Somalia.</span><br />

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