Canada pledges $485 million to help developing countries cope with COVID-19

Home World Canada pledges $485 million to help developing countries cope with COVID-19 Ammonnews Jordan 15-12-2020 05:23 PM Ammon News - Canada is providing $485 million to help developing countries cope with COVID-19, including therapies to limit deaths and ease the burden on strained health-care systems, International Development Minister Karina Gould announced the funding. In a statement, Gould said "the faster we can get tests, treatments and vaccines out to people, the sooner this pandemic can be contained," adding that Canada's support of global efforts to find successful medical solutions is a win for all. The minister pointed out that $230 million will target the procurement of treatments, allowing the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF to buy 3 million courses of coronavirus antibody therapeutics after clinical trials and regulatory approvals are completed, noting that the other $255 million will go to Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a coalition of international organizations and countries that is overseeing the development, production and equitable distribution of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. Canada's contribution could also help train front-line health-care workers to administer coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics, she further said.

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Canada pledges $485 million to help developing countries cope with COVID-19

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15-12-2020 05:23 PM

Ammon News - Canada is providing $485 million to help developing countries cope with COVID-19, including therapies to limit deaths and ease the burden on strained health-care systems, International Development Minister Karina Gould announced the funding.

In a statement, Gould said "the faster we can get tests, treatments and vaccines out to people, the sooner this pandemic can be contained," adding that Canada's support of global efforts to find successful medical solutions is a win for all.

The minister pointed out that $230 million will target the procurement of treatments, allowing the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF to buy 3 million courses of coronavirus antibody therapeutics after clinical trials and regulatory approvals are completed, noting that the other $255 million will go to Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, a coalition of international organizations and countries that is overseeing the development, production and equitable distribution of affordable COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

Canada's contribution could also help train front-line health-care workers to administer coronavirus vaccines and therapeutics, she further said.

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