The US has announced its program to allocate 5.5 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to the rest of the world as the second tranche, which includes 1.6 core jabs to 18 Asian nations such as India, Pakistan and Nepal, as component of the Biden administration’s bid to finish the pandemic globally.
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced the program for the initial 2.50 crore vaccine doses that the US has currently began shipping.
Of the 55 million (5.50 crore) vaccine doses announced on Monday as the second tranche, 16 million (1.60 crore) has been allocated for 18 Asian nations such as India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives and Bhutan.
The White House reality sheet on Monday did not provide precise figures for how a lot of doses would be sent to every nation. It only gave estimates for regions in basic.
The Biden-Harris administration has so far allocated 80 million doses of America’s personal vaccine provide which President Joe Biden had pledged to allocate by the finish of June as component of its efforts to finish the pandemic globally.
”As we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic at home and work to finish the pandemic worldwide, President Biden has promised that the United States will be an arsenal of vaccines for the world. Part of that program is donating vaccines from our domestic provide, and the President has pledged 80 million (8 cr) doses to be allocated by the finish of June,” the White House stated. For these 8 crore doses, the US will share 75 per cent via COVAX and 25 per cent will be targeted to assist deal with surges about the world.
”Our targets are to enhance international COVID-19 vaccination coverage, prepare for surges and prioritise healthcare workers and other vulnerable populations based on public overall health information and acknowledged ideal practice, and assist our neighbours and other nations in want,” the White House stated. The Biden-Harris administration will not use its vaccines to safe favours from other nations, it asserted. Of the 4.10 crore to be shared via COVAX, 1.40 crore will go to Latin America and the Caribbean nations and 1.60 crore to Asia.
The doses will consist of Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines. AstraZeneca’s vaccine has not been authorized by federal regulators, CNN reported. Among the Asian nations involve India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives, Bhutan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Cambodia, and the Pacific Islands. Another one hundred,000 crore jabs will be shared with African nations.
The White House stated roughly 14 million (1.4 cr) or 25 per cent of these 55 million (5.5 cr) vaccines will be shared with regional priorities and other recipients, such as Colombia, Argentina, Haiti, other CARICOM nations, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Cabo Verde, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Oman, West Bank and Gaza, Ukraine, Kosovo, Georgia, Moldova, and Bosnia.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is a regional grouping of Caribbean nations that consists of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Haiti, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The White House stated, in addition to sharing doses from its personal vaccine provide, the government is also committed to working with US companies to make more vaccines to share with the world.
To that finish, ahead of the G7, Biden announced that the US will obtain half a billion Pfizer doses and donate them to 92 low- and reduced middle-revenue nations and members of the African Union. In total, the G7+ agreed to provide an more more than one hundred crore doses beginning summer time 2021, the White House stated. ”In addition, the US is committed to expanding regional production of vaccines, and via our Quad partnership and the International Development Finance Corporation’s assistance for vaccine manufacturing, more than 1 billion (one hundred cr) doses will be produced in Africa and India in 2021 and 2022,” it stated.
”This vaccine technique is a essential element of our general international work to lead the world in the fight to defeat COVID-19 and to obtain international overall health safety,” the White House stated.