Question reference: S6W-00520
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 8 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many doses of the whole virus COVID-19 vaccine has Valneva been contracted to produce for (a) the NHS, (b) distribution to low-income countries, as a contribution to COVAX and (c) other high-income countries.
Answer
Vaccines Taskforce and BEIS provided the following commentary that the UK Government has secured early access to 100 million doses of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine across 2021 and 2022.
The Prime Minister announced at the G7 on 11 June that the UK will donate 100 million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses within the next year. The UK will donate 5 million doses by the end of September, beginning in the coming weeks, primarily for use in the world’s poorest countries. The Prime Minister has also committed to donating a further 95 million doses within the next year, including 25 million more by the end of 2021. 80% of the 100m doses will go to COVAX and the remainder will be shared bilaterally with countries in need. The vaccines will be drawn from across the UK’s supply of Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech, Janssen, Moderna and others. Decisions on which vaccines will be shared will be based on the continued reliability of supply chains, regulatory restrictions and advice from the JCVI.