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U.S. President Biden has announced that he will purchase an additional 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine and donate it to low-income countries. The US administration is also increasing pressure on Pfizer and Moderna to share vaccine manufacturing technology.



Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo.



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At the World Vaccine Summit held during the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden announced that he would purchase an additional 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to support low-income countries.



For countries with still low coverage, other developed countries have also asked to join in vaccine support.



[Biden/President of the United States: 500 million additional donations will be shipped by this time next year. I hope other developed countries will also fulfill their vaccine donation promises.]



Including the 500 million doses promised for additional support, the total number of vaccines the US has promised to donate is 1.08 billion doses.



It seems that they were conscious of the criticism of vaccine selfishness as they pushed for booster vaccinations to a situation where millions of people are dying due to a lack of vaccines.



[Biden/President of the United States: Just as the United States became the arsenal of democracy after World War II, we are keeping our promise to become an arsenal



of vaccines

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United States is asking Pfizer and Moderna to share vaccine manufacturing technology with Pfizer and Moderna, along with vaccine donations. are pressing.



The idea is to set up a joint venture to transfer the technology, thereby increasing the supply of vaccines to low-income countries.



However, Pfizer and Moderna are still negative about technology sharing.



The United States and Europe have announced the launch of a coronavirus vaccine partnership for closer vaccine cooperation.