Leaders gather today for the G7, which represents some of the world's major economies — Britain, France, Germany, the US, Italy, Japan and Canada. Follow our live coverage here:
From CNN's Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquezdonate 500 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine"America knows first-hand the tragedy of this pandemic. We've had more people die in the United States than anywhere in the world, nearly 600,000 of our fellow Americans," Biden said in remarks after meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
'Let me be clear: Just as with the 80 million doses we previously announced, the United States is providing these half- doses with no strings attached," Biden said."Our vaccine donations don't include pressure for favors or potential concessions. We're doing this to save lives, to end this pandemic. That's it. Period."
"We're also using this announcement today to leverage and mobilize larger commitments from the world's democracies, from the G7 and partner countries," a separate senior official said, previewing a"G7 Covid-related multilateral announcement."
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