US will distribute Johnson & Johnson vaccine in conflict zones, Blinken says
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the U.S. had negotiated a deal to distribute Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine to people living in conflict zones.
"The United States has helped broker an agreement between Johnson & Johnson and COVAX to facilitate the first delivery of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses to people living in conflict zones and other humanitarian settings," Blinken said. "We are committed to helping people in these difficult circumstances to get protection against COVID-19 as soon as possible."
A senior administration official told Reuters on Wednesday that 300,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine would be made available to front-line humanitarian workers and United Nations peacekeepers under the deal, though officials reportedly did not provide a total number of doses that would be delivered, when and to which countries.
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