The head of the GAVI vaccine alliance expects to hold talks with the incoming team of Joe Biden, projected winner of 2020 U.S. presidential election, about collaborating with the COVAX global facility, which has been set up to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries.

GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley, speaking to reporters on Friday, noted that Biden had set up a task force on the pandemic, adding they are "believers in science". 

The Trump administration did not join the facility.

The COVAX facility, led by the World Health Organization, CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness), and GAVI (The Vaccine Alliance), aims to deliver 2 billion doses of COVID vaccine by the end of 2021. 

Now more than 180 countries and economies including China are involved in the COVAX Facility.

(With input from Reuters)