President Biden
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“We are doing it. We’ve already done a bit of that. We are looking at what will be done with some of the vaccines we do not use, ‘Biden told reporters after a speech on vaccinations in the White House. “We need to make sure it’s safe to ship, and we hope to have some help and value for countries around the world.”
Biden noted that he recently spoke with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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“It’s going on. We do not have enough confidence to send it abroad now, but I expect we will be able to do it, ‘Biden said without offering a time frame.
In the ensuing reading of Biden’s call with Trudeau, the White House said the two leaders’ agreed to continue efforts to control the pandemic, work together on public health responses and global health security, as well as global affordability. support access and delivery of safe. and effective COVID-19 vaccines, also through the COVAX facility. ”
It did not specifically mention any offer or discussion on vaccine sharing.
The US agreed in March to send 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has yet to be approved in the US, to Mexico and Canada.
Biden announced in his speech on Wednesday that the US is on the verge of delivering 200 million vaccine doses, beating its goal to do so in its first 100 days in office. The White House expects that by the end of May, enough vaccinations will be available for every American adult, even in light of the recent interruption of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Biden was under pressure to do more to help other countries vaccinate their populations, and health experts warned that the coronavirus would not be completely extinguished until the world just vaccinated the US.
The White House has insisted that the US will not share doses of approved vaccines with other countries until it is enough to vaccinate the US population.
Yet Biden is sending $ 4 billion in contributions to COVAX, the program aimed at vaccinating people from poorer countries.
Sending excess doses to other countries can help significantly speed up the rate of vaccinations in places like Canada where the explosion of vaccines was more than in the US.
Updated 3pm