US to donate 500-million Pfizer shots to AU and other countries in need
Joe Biden to announce plan at G7 summit to send vaccines to AU and 92 lower-income countries
09 June 2021 - 22:52
US President Joe Biden’s administration intends to buy 500-million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to share internationally, as the US turns its attention to combating the pandemic globally, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The government will buy about 200-million doses in 2021 to distribute through Covax, the World Health Organization-backed initiative aimed at securing an equitable global distribution of the vaccine, and about 300-million doses in the first half of next year, the person said...
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