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President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with world leaders on the coronavirus pandemic next Wednesday, a day after he addresses the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Sept. 17.

Ljubljana – Slovenia will donate EUR 500,000 to Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX), a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, this and next year, the government decided on Thursday. The country will also donate 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Egypt.

Some 180 of the 193 U.N. members have committed to ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, the United Nations said on March 26. 

At the time, media reports indicated that another 200,000 doses of the Russian vaccine would arrive by the end of the month, alongside 200,000 to 250,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and some 23,000 doses of Pfizer, which would be distributed across Bosnia.

However, Sarajevo responds that in the absence of the announced deliveries, Bosnia-Herzegovina could seek justice in court.

While many countries race ahead with their COVID-19 vaccination programs, Bosnia and Herzegovina has barely started - will not receive any vaccines through the COVAX mechanism even in March, according to a document received by Bosnia's Ministry of Civil Affairs from the COVAX office.

As he stated, they do that by directly addressing the producers in order to provide themselves with more doses.
"Some rich countries are approaching producers to provide additional doses of shares that affect contracts with Kovacs," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhan Gebrejesus at a joint video conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an AFP count based on official sources on Feb. 20.    

In total 201,042,149 doses had been given worldwide by 1000 GMT - a figure that does not include the latest data from China and Russia, who have stopped making their progress public in recent days.    

Germany is donating an additional 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion) to boost the rollout of vaccines in the world's poorest countries, the finance minister said on Feb. 19, increasing an earlier contribution of 600 million euros.

The United Nations on Feb. 17 led calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against COVID-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole planet at risk.