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United States announced that it has purchased and will donate 500 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine against covid-19 worldwide, as it seeks to be a key player in vaccinating other nations.
President Biden will announce the news at the G7 summit in Cornwall this Thursday, a person with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
About 200 million doses will come out in 2021 and 300 million will be distributed in the first half of 2022. The White House's top covid-19 adviser, Jeff Zients, has been working on the deal for the past month, one person said. familiar with conversations.
All doses will go through the Covax program, the international vaccine initiative, and will reach 92 low- and low-income countries, as well as the African Union.
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