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- U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged to share an additional 20 million U.S. made COVID-19 vaccines with the world
- Combined with the 60 million doses already earmarked for other nations, the President has vowed to help vaccinate the entire globe
- Some of the vaccines to be sent overseas are from approved drugmakers such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna
- AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 jab is yet to be approved in the U.S., however, the U.S. Government has already begun sharing these vaccines with other nations
- The Biden Administration hasn’t stated which countries will receive the vaccines but argued they would be sending more than Russia and China
U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged to share an additional 20 million U.S. made COVID-19 vaccines with the world.
Combined with the 60 million doses already earmarked for other nations, the President has vowed to help vaccinate the entire globe.
“Our nation is going to be the arsenal of vaccines for the rest of the world,” the President said in a speech at the White House.
“No ocean is wide enough, no wall is high enough to keep us safe,” President Biden argued.
“Rampant disease and death in other countries can destabilize them – those countries – and pose a risk to us as well,” he added.
Of the 20 million additional vaccines to be sent overseas, all are from approved drugmakers such as Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.
The other 60 million are all U.S. made AstraZeneca jabs, which are yet to be approved by the country’s medicines watchdog.
Despite not being approved by the U.S., around 4 million of the 60 million AstraZeneca vaccines have been shared with Mexico and Canada.
The Biden Administration hasn’t stated which other countries will receive the vaccines, but argued they would be sending more than Russia and China.
“Over the next six weeks, the United States of America will send 80 million doses overseas. That represents 13 percent of the vaccines produced by the United States by the end of June,” President Biden said.
“This will be more vaccines than any country has actually shared to date — five times more than any other country — more than Russia and China, which have donated 15 million doses,” he added.
