The Biden administration is set to buy 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses to ship around the world, according to reports
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The Biden administration is lining up 500 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's-two shot coronavirus vaccine to be shipped around the world, according to The Washington Post.
The New York Times also reported that the shots will go out to 100 countries over the next two years.
While the White House did not comment, sources told the Post that an official announcement will come at this week's G-7 summit in the United Kingdom.
As the US has steamed ahead with its vaccination efforts — with some states going so far as to offer lottery prizes as supply outstrips demand — pressure has mounted on the Biden administration to send vaccines to developing countries and other areas lagging behind.
This latest development comes on the heels of the Biden administration promising 80 million vaccine doses ...
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