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Press release
26 July 2021

UNICEF signs supply agreement for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 26 July 2021 – UNICEF and Sinovac have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of the CoronaVac inactivated virus vaccine against COVID-19 on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Through the supply agreement, UNICEF will have access to up to 200 million doses of the vaccine in 2021 to supply part...
Press release
13 July 2021

UNICEF signs supply agreement for Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 12 July 2021 – UNICEF and Sinopharm have signed a long-term agreement for the supply of the BBIBP-CorV inactivated virus vaccine against COVID-19 on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Through the agreement, UNICEF will have access to up to 120 million doses of the vaccine by the end of 2021 to s...
Press release
25 February 2021

UNICEF begins shipping syringes for the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines under COVAX

NEW YORK, 23 February 2021 – UNICEF has sent 100,000 syringes and 1,000 safety boxes for COVID-19 vaccinations to the Maldives by air freight from UNICEF’s humanitarian warehouse in Dubai—part of the first wave of COVID-19-related syringe shipments to begin rolling out in the coming days. Others in the first wave ...
Statement
24 February 2021

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at briefing on COVAX publishing interim distribution forecast

NEW YORK, 3 February 2021 – “UNICEF is proud to be part of today’s release of an indicative distribution plan by the COVAX facility. “This release will help countries continue their preparations for vaccine distribution by providing them with details of the type of vaccine each country will receive in the first and second quarters. “This is, of…
Video
26 January 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines: What you need to know

Press release
24 December 2020

UNICEF outlining plans to transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month on behalf of COVAX, in ‘mammoth and historic’ logistics operation

NEW YORK, 18 December 2020 – UNICEF could potentially transport up to 850 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines per month in 2021, should such quantities become available, according to a new assessment. This is more than double the average weight of vaccines UNICEF transports every month. The assessment is part of UNICEF’s ...