U.S. to donate 500 million Pfizer doses to poor nations
Posted on AllSides June 10th, 2021
From The Center
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer (PFE.N) coronavirus vaccine to some of the world’s poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
The vaccine donation - the largest ever by a single country - was announced before U.S. President Joe Biden meets leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies in western England.
The 500 million doses are destined for the world's 100 poorest countries. A senior Biden administration official described the gesture as a "major...
