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A large-scale production facility of Covid-19 vaccine in Italy, which has joined the so-called COVAX Facility. VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images C ountries representing about 64% of the world population have signed up to expand global access to Covid-19 vaccines by funding a purchasing pool organized by the World Health Organization and other nonprofit groups, leaders of the effort announced Monday. Not among the countries: the United States, which had previously said it is not taking part in the so-called COVAX Facility, or Russia nor China, both of which have already issued emergency use licenses for Covid-19 vaccines. Still, a...
