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More than 150 countries, representing nearly two thirds of the global population, have signed up to a global scheme for the common development of vaccines against COVID-19.
But among those noticeably absent are the world's two biggest economies -- the United States and China.
The facility, known as COVAX, aims to ensure poor countries access to a future vaccine.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was crucial.
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"The COVAX facility will help to bring the pandemic under control, save lives. Actually, the economic recovery will ensure that the race for vaccines is a collaboration, not a contest. This is not charity. It's in every country's best interest. We sink or we swim together."
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