US Boosting Exports of Coronavirus Vaccines  

WASHINGTON -  Announcing that the United States is taking additional steps to help the world combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Joe Biden on Monday said the country will be sending 20 million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccines abroad by the end of June.

“We need to help fight the disease around the world to keep us safe here at home and to do the right thing of helping other people,” Biden said in remarks delivered from the White House East Room. For the first time, U.S. shipments overseas will include shots authorized for domestic use as the supply at home begins to outstrip the demand. The 20 million doses of vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson will be on top of 60 million AstraZeneca doses Biden already planned to send to other countries.