The United States has reached an agreement with Pfizer to buy an additional 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to donate to various countries, according to the Biden administration. President Joe Biden plans to announce the agreement Wednesday, a senior administration official told reporters on a call on Sept. 21. “President Biden will announce that the U.S. is purchasing an additional 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to donate to low- and lower-middle income countries around the world,” the official, who was speaking to reporters on the condition they were not identified, said. The tranche will be made in the United States and will start shipping out in January 2022. The additional commitment means the United States has pledged to donate or has already donated 1.1 billion vaccine doses. That includes 500 million Pfizer doses that the United States bought over the summer and promised to send to countries the …
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