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Written question asked by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 10 January 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 January 2022 (named day). It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Thursday, 13 January 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2021 to Question 69687, whether the Government delivered the 20 million covid-19 vaccine doses due to be donated by the Government by the end of 2021 to countries in need.

Answer

On 30 December. the Government announced that we had met the target to donate 30 million COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021. We also reiterated our plan for millions more vaccines to be sent to other countries in 2022, including 20 million more Oxford-AstraZeneca doses and 20 million Janssen doses.

Of the over 30 million vaccines we have donated; approximately 25.4m have been received by COVAX, and 5.5m have been delivered directly by the UK to countries in need. These donations have benefitted more than 30 countries. The majority, 23.3m, of these donations have now arrived at their final destination, with 7.6 million of the doses received by COVAX that remain to be shipped to recipient countries in the next few weeks.

In addition to life saving vaccine, the Government have also recently pledged £105m of UK emergency aid to help vulnerable countries tackle Omicron, with a particular focus on Africa.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
100676
Session
2021-22
Related items
Coronavirus: Vaccination
Tuesday, 9 November 2021
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
International assistance Vaccination Coronavirus COVAX
Link
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