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Covid-19: $30 bn needed to develop tests, treatments, vaccines, says WHO

The WHO is working with a large coalition of drug-development, funding and distribution organisations under what it calls the ACT-Accelerator Hub

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The initiative is intended to develop and deliver 500 million Covid-19 tests and 245 million courses of new treatment for the disease

Reuters
A World Health Organization-led coalition fighting the Covid-19 pandemic is asking government and private sector donors to help raise $31.3 billion in the next 12 months to develop and deliver tests, treatments and vaccines for the disease.

Renewing its call on Friday for global collaboration against the pandemic, it said $3.4 billion had been contributed for the coalition to date, leaving a funding gap of $27.9 billion. Of that, $13.7 billion was "urgently needed".
The WHO is working with a large coalition of drug-development, funding and distribution