President Biden
Joe BidenBiden has removed Blinken, senior officials in connection with the initial refugee capping decision: suicide bombings hit Afghan security forces Jim Jordan, Val Demings enters police match during hearing MORE said Wednesday it expects the United States to share surplus coronavirus vaccine doses with Canada and Central American countries.
“We are in the process of doing that. I’ve already done a little bit of this. We are looking at what will be done with some of the vaccines we do not use, “Biden told reporters after a speech about vaccinations at the White House. “We need to make sure that they are sent safely and we hope we can be of some help and value to countries around the world.”
Biden said he had recently spoken with the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau
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“She is OK. We don’t have enough to be confident of sending him abroad now, but I expect that we will be able to do that, ”said Biden without giving him time to move.
In a subsequent reading of Biden’s call with Trudeau, the White House said the two leaders “agreed to continue efforts to control the pandemic, to collaborate in responding to public health and global health security, and to supports access to affordable global prices and the delivery of safe products. and effective COVID-19 vaccines, including through the COVAX facility. ”
He did not specifically mention any offers or discussions on the distribution of vaccine doses.
The US in March agreed to send 4 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has not yet been approved in the US, Mexico and Canada.
Biden, in his speech, announced on Wednesday that the US is on the verge of administering 200 million doses of vaccine, exceeding its target of doing so in the first 100 days of its mandate. The White House expects to have enough doses of the vaccine available to every American adult by the end of May, even in light of the recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine break.
Biden has been pressured to do more to help other countries vaccinate their populations, with health experts warning that the coronavirus will not be completely extinguished until the globe – not just the US – is completely vaccinated.
The White House has insisted that the United States will not share doses of approved vaccines with other countries until it reaches the US adult population.
However, Biden is sending $ 4 billion in contributions to COVAX, a program that aims to vaccinate people in poorer countries.
Sending overdoses to other countries could help significantly accelerate the pace of vaccinations in places like Canada, where vaccine launches have been heavier than in the US.
Updated at 3 p.m.