Biden To Announce Plans To Donate 500 Million Pfizer Vaccines To Countries In Need
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President Biden is set to announce on Thursday that the United States has bought 500 million doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine to donate to COVAX, which is distributing vaccines to countries that cannot afford to buy enough shots, a source familiar with the deal confirmed to NPR.
The news comes after Biden s arrival in England on Wednesday on the first foreign trip of his presidency. He has said he wants to use the 8-day European trip to marshal a plan with other G7 nations to help end the pandemic around the world.
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We have to end COVID-19 not just at home, which we re doing, but everywhere, President Joe Biden said on June 9 during his stop at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, on the first leg of his European trip. Above: Biden steps into a motorcade vehicle after arriving at RAF Mildenhall. Patrick Semansky / AP
President Biden is set to announce on Thursday that the United States has bought 500 million doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine to donate to COVAX, which is distributing vaccines to countries that cannot afford to buy enough shots, a source familiar with the deal confirmed to NPR.
On the first European trip of his presidency, Biden will announce a major U.S. contribution to the global vaccine effort part of an effort to end COVID-19 "everywhere."