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The biden administration has unveiled plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. they'll distribute 25—million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80—million by the end ofjune. of that initial batch, 19—million will be allocated to covax. portugal will be removed from the uk's green travel list from tuesday, amid rising coronavirus cases and concern over variants. it willjoin the amber list, meaning holidaymakers should not visit and returnees must isolate for 10 days. seven new countries and territories will be added to the red list. four coun...

Sitting on fridges, not used, not needed, ready to go. they should be shots in arms in lower middle income countries now. secondly, rich countries have bought an additional 1.5 billion doses, advanced purchases, that they don't need. they need to free up those doses, they are not made yet but they will be soon, and give those to covax. and lastly, your point, absolutely we need what is what is being called a people's vaccine. we have to make sure that low and middle income countries are empowered to make vaccine doses themselves. no more trickle—down manufacturing where a few doses might mak...

Hello. the biden administration has unveiled plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. they'll distribute 25 million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80 million by the end ofjune. of that initial batch, 19 million will be allocated to covax, the global facility designed to distribute vaccines fairly. the remaining six million doses will go directly to countries experiencing surges and to us neighbours. they include mexico, canada, south korea and ukraine. president biden�*s national security adviserjake sullivan outlined the criteria for vaccin...

Welcome to bbc news, i'm ben boulos. our top stories. president biden announces plans to share the first batch of the us's unused coronavirus vaccines — three quarters will go to the covax global programme. and why exiled uighurs are in london to put pressure on the international community to act against china. portugal is removed from the uk's safe "green" travel list. a bitter blow for travellers hoping to get to one of the very few options for european holidays. twitter introduces a new subscription service, but will users want to pay?

These factors included achieving global coverage, responding to surges and other specific urgent situations and public health needs, and helping as many countries as possible who've requested vaccines. gavin yamey is the professor of global health & public policy at duke university, and gave me his reaction. covax, the global sharing mechanism, has only distributed about 76 million doses so far to low income and lower middle income countries. this 19 million doses donation from president biden is a good first step. it's churlish to complain. on the other hand, it's not commensurate with the si...