US Donating Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to the Philippines
Voice of America
The United States is sending three million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines, the White House said Friday.
A White House official told reporters the shipping process began Friday and that the doses would arrive “early next week.” The U.S. is providing the doses through COVAX, a campaign to provide equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, the official said. The White House official said the U.S. is not contributing the doses to the Philippines “with strings attached” but because, “It’s the right thing morally, the right thing from a global public health perspective, and right for our collective security and well-being.”More Related News
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