BREAKING: President Biden to announce plan to purchase 500,000,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to donate to other countries struggling with a limited supply.
Of the doses, 200 million will be donated this year and 300 million across the first half of next year. The doses will be distributed through COVAX and will be given to 92 low income countries as well as the African Union.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters traveling with the president Wednesday afternoon that Biden would use the G-7 summit to encourage other democratic allies to donate more vaccines to countries in need and that the G-7 would also make a joint announcement on their efforts to boost global vaccinations.
Sullivan said that contributing to global vaccine efforts was the"smart" thing for the U.S. to do because of the threat of Covid-19 variants and said that the emphasis on partnering with other democracies was aimed at demonstrating that democratic systems are equipped to"best deliver solutions."
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