Qtum And Vaccine Forward Bring 12,000 COVID-19 Vaccinations To The World’s Poorest Countries
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2021 / Blockchain platform Qtum supports the initiative to get COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s poorest countries. Via a partnership with Vaccine Forwards, the goal is to raise $2 billion to speed up the vaccination process. Qtum Chain Foundation will match the total number of vaccinations raised by Vaccine Forward to bring relief to 92 countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic affects all countries equally, yet the vaccination strategy can leave somewhat to be desired. Getting vaccines to the poorest countries is a challenging endeavor. Swedish grass-roots initiative Vaccine Forward acknowledges this struggle and has raised 12,000 vaccinations in a short amount of time. Thanks to a Qtum Chain Foundation donation, the entire blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is urged to contribute to global COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
By matching all vaccinations raised by Vaccine Forward, Qtum positions itself as a crucial catalyst in the global vaccination effort. Of the 12,000 vaccinations raised so far, half of those are made possible thanks to the Qtum Chain Foundation. A partnership like this can entice the rest of the blockchain and crypto world to provide similar efforts over the coming weeks and months. With people in 92 countries waiting on vaccinations, time is of the essence.
Vaccine Forward Founder Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist adds:
“As a grass-roots organization, Vaccine Forward is proud to receive the biggest donation so far, effectively doubling the amount of raised vaccinations, from 6 000 to 12 000 with Qtum’s donation. We are also very happy for Qtum’s challenge to the Blockchain-space at large to do the same.”
Efforts like these would not be possible without private and corporate donations made to Vaccine Forward. All donations sent to this grass-roots initiative will go to COVAX AMC via the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI). Soon, both people and companies can also donate directly in cryptocurrency on the site, which could spark interest for more people to donate.
Qtum Co-Founder Jordan Earl states:
“We hope that we can inspire our industry to do the same and also match Vaccine Forwards fundraising to help in the effort of vaccinating people who need it the most. We at Qtum are global problem solvers with an open platform, and therefore, I think the grass-roots organization Vaccine Forward is an amazing solution to a complex global problem.”
Today, over two billion people live in countries incapable of vaccinating their residents, elderly, or hospital workers. Vaccine Forward, chaired by former Swedish minister of Aid Gunilla Carlsson and founded by business-angel and entrepreneur Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, does its part to impact the global COVID-19 vaccination strategy positively. Forging a powerful alliance with Qtum Chain Foundation underlines the need for these efforts.
About QTUM
Qtum (pronounced Quantum) is an open, permissionless blockchain and ecosystem that combines security-aspects from the Bitcoin-protocol together with the “programmability” of Ethereum. Which enables well-known security properties from the UTXO-set from Bitcoin. Also enabling the possibility of building robust decentralized applications, smart contracts, DeFi-products, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). Instead of using the energy-intense Proof-of-Work (PoW), Qtum uses Proof-of-Stake (PoS) to secure its blockchain and is seen as a more sustainable option for the future. (For example, Ethereum is now migrating from PoW to PoS). For more information, please visit: www.qtum.org
About Vaccine Forward
More than 2 billion people are living in countries that do not have money to vaccinate its population. Not even its hospital workers. There is still missing more than 2 billion dollars for vaccinations globally. Vaccine Forward is a crowd-funding organization to help the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI). Vaccine Forward is a Swedish non-profit organization, a member of Giva, the Swedish Fundraising Association. Founder of the initiative is Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, business angel, entrepreneur, and board professional. For more information, please visit: Vaccineforward.org
CONTACT:
Benjamin Dahl
Marketing Manager Qtum
Benjamin@qtum.info
Elisabeth Thand Rigqvist
Founder Vaccine Forward
Elisabeth@vaccineforward.org
SOURCE: QTUM
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