Biden admin reveals plans for first 25 million donated vaccine doses
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Source: Politico
The Biden administration has announced which countries will share in the first 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the U.S. to help low- and middle-income nations combat the pandemic.
The U.S. will route about 19 million doses — roughly 75 percent — through the global vaccine aid program COVAX, the White House said Wednesday. The Biden administration will send the remaining 25 percent of the doses directly to specific countries.
The White House announcement comes after months of debate within the administration about whether it could spare shots despite weakening U.S. demand and a growing surplus of doses. Officials also struggled to prioritize requests for vaccines from more than four dozen countries amid surging infections and deaths around the globe.
"We are sharing these doses not to secure favors or extract concessions," President Joe Biden said in a statement Wednesday. "We are sharing these vaccines to save lives and to lead the world in bringing an end to the pandemic, with the power of our example and with our values."
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