Biden to announce another half a billion Pfizer vaccines for poorer countries
The Hindu
This brings the total number of doses the U.S. is sending abroad to 1.1 billion
U.S. President Joe Biden will announce that the U.S. is going to buy another half a billion doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for distribution to low and lower middle income countries. This brings the total number of doses the U.S. is sending abroad to 1.1 billion, a senior administration official said.
Half a billion Pfizer doses were already promised in the summer and at least 80 million, mostly AstraZeneca doses were committed to other countries in June .
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