Biden To Announce Major Covid Vaccine Sharing Plan Ahead Of G7 Summit

Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, told reporters aboard Air Force One that the president would kick things off with news of a major vaccine sharing initiative.

President Joe Biden will announce a major new initiative to vaccinate the world against Covid-19 ahead of a G7 summit, showcasing his brand of US leadership before going into a difficult meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin next week. Biden landed in England on Wednesday for the start of his first foreign trip as president -- which features the G7 meeting, summits with NATO and the European Union in Brussels, and finally talks with Putin in Geneva. On the way, Biden's national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, told reporters aboard Air Force One that the president would kick things off with news of a major vaccine sharing initiative. Sullivan would not give full details, but according to US media reports, the Biden administration is set to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for international distribution.