Sweden to donate at least 3 million vaccine doses to COVAX in 2021

STOCKHOLM, May 25 (Reuters) - Sweden will donate 3 million
doses vaccine to the COVAX facility in 2021, up from a previous
pledge of 1 million doses, Sweden's government said in a
statement on Monday.

"In this way Sweden contributes to more than our share of
the EU's target of donating at least 100 million doses to low-
and middle income countries in 2021," the government said in the
statement.

Sweden said earlier in May it would donate 1 million doses
of AstraZeneca vaccine to COVAX.

The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
(GAVI), aims to secure 2 billion vaccine doses for
lower-income countries by the end of 2021.

(Reporting by Johan Ahlander, editing by Louise Heavens)