Gates Foundation commits $1.6B to vaccine delivery, including $50M more for Covid-19 vaccine

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation committed more than $1.6 billion to deliver vaccines to the world’s poorest countries over the next five years. The Gates Foundation is investing in Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to provide potential Covid-19 vaccinations worldwide. But a majority of its donation will fund general vaccinations for 300 million children, helping Gavi surpass 1 billion immunized children since 2000. “Right now we've got billions of people in lockdown because we don't have a vaccine…