Biden outlines plan to quickly share 25 million Covid-19 vaccines with world
- 3 years ago
The White House laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world, with the first shots shipping as soon as Thursday, and said it would ease other countries' access to US -made supplies for vaccine production.
US President Joe Biden said the United States would give the vaccines without expectation of political favors in return. The dose shipments are the first of some 80 million Covid-19 vaccines that Biden has pledged to provide internationally this month as concern grows about the huge disparity in vaccination rates between advanced economies and developing countries.
The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program, Biden said in a statement. Through COVAX, some 6 million doses would go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia and roughly 5 million to Africa.
US President Joe Biden said the United States would give the vaccines without expectation of political favors in return. The dose shipments are the first of some 80 million Covid-19 vaccines that Biden has pledged to provide internationally this month as concern grows about the huge disparity in vaccination rates between advanced economies and developing countries.
The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program, Biden said in a statement. Through COVAX, some 6 million doses would go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia and roughly 5 million to Africa.