COVID news from January 15: UN-backed vaccine-sharing programme has delivered one billion doses to 144 nations.

Tamila Varshalomidze is a senior journalist with more than 12 years of experience with top international news organisations. She has been a member of... Al Jazeera English's digital newsroom team since January 2013. Tamila was at the forefront of the web team's coverage of the Ukrainian uprising and the conflict that followed. Tamila previously worked as a TV news producer for the Associated Press in London, UK. She has a Master's degree in multimedia journalism from UK's Bournemouth University. Follow @tamila87v
COVID news from January 15: UN-backed vaccine-sharing programme has delivered one billion doses to 144 nations.
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