Biden to pledge billions in aid toward global Covid vaccination efforts
Posted on AllSides February 18th, 2021
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President Joe Biden is expected to announce Friday that the U.S. will spend $4 billion on international Covid vaccination efforts, White House officials said.
Biden, during his first virtual meeting as president with G7 leaders, will also spur other nations to pledge more money toward the global fight against the pandemic, the officials told reporters in a conference call Thursday afternoon.
“This pandemic is not going to end unless we end it globally,” one official said, while noting that vaccinating Americans remains the administration’s “highest priority.”
“But pandemics travel,” the...
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