Don't miss this video on the importance of vaccines in the context of COVID-19. In her voiceover, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist, talks about the pivotal role that vaccines have played in saving millions of lives. She also explains the rigorous process that vaccines must go through before being certified as safe.

Recent news about COVID-19 vaccines and the ACT-Accelerator:

·        21 September - A total of 156 economies, representing nearly two-thirds of the global population, are now committed to or eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility
 

·        10 September - The first meeting of the Facilitation Council of the ‘Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator', co-chaired by South Africa and Norway, concluded with a release of this statement outlining their next steps. 

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