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Politico | Coronavirus: Biden administration reveals plans for first 25 million donated vaccine doses
- The US will route about 19 million doses – roughly 75 per cent – through the Covax Facility global vaccine aid programme
- It will also send a total of 6 million doses directly to allies and ‘regional priorities’, including Mexico, Canada, West Bank and Gaza, Ukraine, Egypt and Iraq
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This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Erin Banco on politico.com on June 3, 2021.
The Biden administration has announced which countries will share in the first 25 million Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the US to help low- and middle-income nations combat the pandemic.
The US will route about 19 million doses – roughly 75 per cent – through the Covax Facility global vaccine aid programme, the White House said Wednesday. The Biden administration will send the remaining 25 per cent of the doses directly to specific countries.
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The White House announcement comes after months of debate within the administration about whether it could spare shots despite weakening US demand and a growing surplus of doses. Officials also struggled to prioritise 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 favours or extract concessions,” President Joe Biden said in a statement on 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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