The two companies today confirmed the news, saying that the U.S. government will purchase at a not-for-profit price 200 million doses in 2021 and 300 million in early 2022. Doses will go to 100 low- and lower-middle-income countries including those in the African Union via the COVAX Facility.
Speaking in England later in the day, Biden said it was the “humanitarian obligation” of the U.S. to provide the vaccine doses.
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