US donates half a billion doses of vaccine to poorer countries

Fight against the corona pandemic: The US wants to distribute half a billion vaccine doses to dozen of poor countries around the world. According to the White House, the doses of the vaccine will be donated by Pfizer / Biontech to 92 low and middle income countries as well as the African Union.

200 million cans are to be delivered between August and the end of the year, the remaining 300 million by June 2022. US President Joe Biden (78) will announce the “historic” step this Thursday and call on other democracies in the world to provide global supplies To support safe and effective vaccines, the White House said.