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Covid-19 Vaccine Supply
21 July 2022
Type
Written Ministerial Statement
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
At a Glance
Issue Summary
The statement addresses the retrospective classification of vaccine doses shared with Australia and South Korea as gifts.
Action Requested
HM Treasury has approved the decision to classify the vaccine dose sharing arrangements as gifts, and no further action is requested beyond this notification.
Key Facts
- The UK Government announced initiatives in September 2021 to share 4 million Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses with Australia.
- 1 million doses were shared with the Republic of Korea.
- These arrangements ensured immediate access to vaccines for international vaccination efforts.
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