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US to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccines to dozens of low-income countries: White House

WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (Sputnik) The United States will donate half a billion Pfizer vaccines against the coronavirus to more than 90 lower income countries that are expected to get their first shipments in August, the White House said on Thursday.
"Today, President [Joe] Biden will announce that the U.S. government will purchase half a billion doses of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines and donate to 92 low- and lower middle-income countries and economies as defined by Gavi’s COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) and the African Union," the Thursday statement says.
The shipments of the Pfizer vaccines that will be produced at US facilities, will begin in August 2021, according to the White House.
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