Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

We know that early access to vaccines will play a critical role in the economic recovery of our Pacific family and regional partners. The AMC itself will initially address, as I said, the acute phase of the pandemic, providing doses for up to 20 per cent of countries' populations. That includes healthcare professionals and vulnerable groups, including of course the elderly.

The Pacific countries that are eligible for support through Covax AMC include Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Kiribati. Eligible countries from South-East Asia are Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. As we committed to when we announced our partnerships for recovery to respond to COVID-19, Australia's development assistance is focused on responding to our region's most pressing needs in the recovery from the pandemic.