EU leaders agree to donate 100 million doses of vaccines

COVAX aims to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 jabs for low-and middle-income countries.

German chancellor Angela Merkel, right, walks with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen Olivier Matthys/AP)

EU leaders have agreed to donate at least 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations by the end of the year as supplies steadily rise across Europe.

Gathered in Brussels for a two-day summit, on Tuesday the 27 leaders backed a text in which they pledged to continue efforts “to increase global vaccine production capacities in order to meet global needs”.