President Biden
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“We are in the process of doing so. We’ve already done a little. We’re looking at what will be done with some vaccines we’re not using, ”Biden told reporters after a speech about vaccinations at the White House.“ We need to make sure they’re safe to send them and we hope to be able to be of utility and value for countries around the world. “
Biden noted that he recently spoke with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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“She is OK. We don’t have enough confidence to send him overseas now, but I hope we can do it, ”Biden said without offering a deadline for the move.
In a later reading of Biden’s call with Trudeau, the White House said the two leaders “agreed to continue efforts to control the pandemic, collaborate on public health responses and global health security, as well. as to support affordable global access and effective vaccines against COVID-19, even through COVAX facilities. “
He made no specific mention of any offers or discussions about the distribution of vaccine doses.
The United States agreed in March to send 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has not yet been approved in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Biden, in his speech, announced Wednesday that the United States is about to deliver 200 million doses of vaccine, surpassing its goal of doing so in its first 100 days in office. The White House hopes there will be enough doses of vaccine available for all American adults by the end of May, even in light of the recent Johnson & Johnson vaccine break.
Biden has been pressured to do more to help other countries vaccinate their populations, with health experts warning that the coronavirus will not become completely extinct until the world (not just the US) is fully vaccinated.
The White House has insisted that the U.S. will not share doses of approved vaccines with other countries until they have enough to vaccinate the U.S. adult population.
Still, Biden is sending $ 4 billion in contributions to COVAX, the program that aims to vaccinate people in the poorest countries.
Sending overdoses to other countries could help speed up the pace of vaccinations significantly in places like Canada where vaccine launches have been stronger than in the United States.
Updated at 3 p.m.