The U.S. will begin sharing its inventory AstraZeneca vaccine doses with countries around the world once the vaccine is approved by the FDA, AP reports.
Why it matters: The Biden administration had been under intense global pressure for refusing to share its stockpile of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is critical to vaccine rollouts in countries like India but not approved for use in the U.S. Per AP, the administration now expects to be able to share around 60 million doses in the coming months.
What they’re saying:
- White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients told AP: “Given the strong portfolio of vaccines that the U.S. already has and that have been authorized by the FDA, and given that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not authorized for use in the U.S., we do not need to use the AstraZeneca vaccine here during the next several months. Therefore the U.S. is looking at options to share the AstraZeneca doses with other countries as they become available.”
Source: https://www.axios.com/covid-astrazeneca-vaccine-us-doses-world-india-5a93ffad-dd9b-47a3-923a-9b62e6ed316d.html
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