The United States announced on Tuesday that it had distributed more than 100 million vaccines against Covid-19 worldwide, more donations than “all other countries combined” and “this is only the beginning”, according to a statement.
The country has shipped 111,701,000 doses to more than 60 countries, most of it through the international Covax initiative but also in collaboration with partners such as the African Union or CARICOM [Caribbean Community].
This "reflects American generosity," the statement said.
In detail, the main beneficiaries to date are Indonesia [8 million doses], the Philippines and Colombia [6 million doses or more], or Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and South Africa. South [5 million or more].
These donations "are only the beginning of the efforts of the American administration to provide vaccines to the whole world", it is indicated.
Doses promised to 100 countries
As of the end of the month, the United States will begin to ship the 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine that they have promised to 100 developing countries.
“It is important to note that the United States has not used, and will not use, its vaccines to gain favor from other states.
Our goal is to save lives, ”assures the White House, at a time when China and Russia are regularly suspected of using their own vaccine distributions for diplomatic purposes.
President Joe Biden is due to speak on Tuesday on his administration's efforts to encourage vaccination internationally but also nationally, in the face of the very rapid spread of the Delta variant, which means new restrictions for Americans, whether from public origin or decided by private companies.
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