‘Go big’: US doubles COVID vaccine purchases for global sharing
Al Jazeera
Biden announces US commitment to donate total of 1.1 billion vaccines at summit with world leaders.
President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will double its purchases of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines to send to low and middle-income countries, bringing its pledged donations to a total of 1.1 billion doses.
Speaking at a virtual international summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday, Biden described the ramping up of US vaccine donations as a “historic commitment”.
“The United States is buying another half a billion doses of Pfizer to donate to low- and middle-income countries around the world,” he said.
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