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UNICEF procures healthcare supplies worth over KGS 12 million to help the Kyrgyz Republic respond to COVID-19
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UNICEF to lead procurement and supply of COVID-19 vaccines in world’s largest and fastest ever operation of its kind
NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN, 4 September 2020, – UNICEF is leading efforts to procure and supply COVID-19 vaccines in what could possibly be the world’s largest and fastest ever procurement and supply of vaccines, as part of the global vaccine plan of the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX Facility) led by ...