Biden has pledged to share some 80 million COVID-19 vaccines internationally this month. The United States will donate nearly 19 million doses through the COVAX international vaccine sharing program, he said in a statement. Through COVAX, some 6 million doses would go to Latin America and the Caribbean, about 7 million doses to South and Southeast Asia and roughly 5 million to Africa. Biden has come under pressure from the world community to share the U.S. surplus of COVID-19 vaccines. The 25 million doses Biden announced on Thursday will not include supply from AstraZeneca, the White House said.

Source: The Star June 03, 2021 17:03 UTC