The Covax programme for Covid-19 vaccines has published its first distribution list, planning enough doses for dozens of countries to immunise more than three per cent of their populations by mid-year.

A statement said the initial distribution was in line with a target “to protect the most vulnerable groups such as health care workers” in the first half of the year.

Countries will receive doses in proportion to population size, with the most going to India (97.2m), Pakistan (17.2m), Nigeria (16m), Indonesia (13.7m), Bangladesh (12.8m) and Brazil (10.6m).

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