Dec 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on
Friday nearly 1 billion doses of leading vaccine candidates had
been secured as part of the COVAX programme to provide vaccines
for low- and middle-income countries.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, told a
Geneva news conference on Friday that 189 countries were
participating in the programme.
(Writing by Peter Graff; Editing by Catherine Evans)