Washington (AFP) – 12/02/2022. 06:43
Biden stresses making the United States the “arsenal” of vaccines in the world
- A White House official announced that the United States will send about 1.9 million doses of the vaccine against Corona to African countries
- These donations are granted by the Kovacs Global Vaccine Distribution Mechanism
- President Joe Biden stresses that he wants to make the United States the “arsenal” of vaccines in the world
A White House official, who asked not to be named, announced that the United States will send about 1.9 million doses of vaccine against Corona to Zambia, Congo-Brazzaville, Namibia, Mozambique and the small kingdom of Eswatini, according to what
Zambia will get 672,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Congo will get 168,000 doses of the same vaccine, Namibia will also get 168,000 doses and Mozambique will get 840,000 doses, according to the source.
For its part, Eswatini will receive 50,310 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
These gifts are awarded by Kovacs mechanism The global distribution of vaccines, and through a similar system established by the African Union for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The White House explained that these donations are granted “without conditions”, indicating that the situation is not the same for all major donors, the first of which is China.
President stresses Joe Biden But he wants to make the United States the “arsenal” of vaccines in the world.
He pledged to give more than 1.1 billion doses.
