Officials said President Biden has promised up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to other hard-hit countries.
“Given the vaccine’s strong portfolio that the US already has and that has been authorized by the FDA, and given that the AstraZeneca vaccine is not authorized for use in the US, we should be here for the next several days on the AstraZeneca vaccine No need to use. Month, “White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said on Monday.
“So the US is looking at options to share AstraZeneca dosages with other countries as they are available.”
The AstraZeneca vaccine is used abroad, but has not yet been approved in the US.
Patients said about 10 million doses of the vaccine have already been produced, but federal regulators await review.
Once they are deemed safe, those doses will be sent out, likely to occur over the next several weeks.
He said about 50 million more shots are in various stages of production and may be ready to be shipped out in May and June.
It is unclear which countries will be the recipients, but both Mexico and Canada have asked the US to share the vaccine.
Meanwhile, people in India – a country of 1.4 billion – are falling on the streets amid skyrocketing cases, overshadowing hospitals and causing oxygen shortages.
“We are in the planning process right now,” said White House press secretary Jane Saki.
Biden promised to help the vaccine after talking to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he vowed to work together with the country to fight the virus.
With post wires
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