The Biden administration plans to purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to distribute to other nations, a move that could lead to 200 million Pfizer doses being sent worldwide this year
A person familiar with the details said the plan will involve distributing all the doses through the the vaccine initiative COVAX to 92 developing countries and the African Union.
The new order would nearly double the government's original agreement to buy up to 600 million Pfizer doses. It has so far secured 300 million for the U.S. population, but American demand has dropped off in recent weeks while calls for overseas donations have increased. The White House announced last week that Pfizer shots would be among the first tranche of 25 million doses going to countries and regions across the world.
The White House declined to comment, but a person familiar with the deal said the White House’s Covid-19 response team had been negotiating its terms over the last four weeks. Pfizer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Pfizer and its development partner BioNTech have boasted in recent weeks that they are vastly expanding manufacturing capabilities and
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