GENEVA ,June 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. plan to quickly share
COVID-19 vaccine doses with poorer countries is an "important
start" but more shots are urgently needed to cover a gap caused
by Indian supply disruptions and manufacturing delays, a WHO
senior adviser said on Friday.
"We are seeing great commitment, the challenge is bringing
those commitments forward so that June, July, August we get
vaccines into folks," Bruce Aylward told a U.N. press briefing,
referring to a U.S. plan to quickly share 25 million doses.
He estimated that Indian vaccine export disruptions and
delays in getting other vaccines online meant that the COVAX
sharing scheme had a gap of around 200 million doses.
(Reporting by Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay)