President Biden Announced The U.S. Will Be Sharing Additional Covid-19 Vaccines Globally

President Biden announced yesterday that the United States will be sharing more Covid-19 vaccines globally. Biden’s Administration will share millions of additional Covid-19 doses with other countries in addition to the 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine he already announced were being shared abroad by July 4th. According to President Biden, the U.S. will share at least 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the end of next month which raises the number of doses being shared to 80 million. The additional doses will be a combination of Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson as well as AstraZeneca.

In a speech at the White House Biden said “we need to help fight the disease around the world to keep us safe here at home and to do the right thing helping other people. It’s the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, it’s the strong thing to do.” He also announced White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients is in charge of the effort and will be working with the National Security Council and State Department. The U.S. will be sharing 5 times the amount of Covid-19 vaccines as any other country.