Joe Biden announces extra 20 million vaccine doses to be sent abroad
By AFP
19 May 2021 |
11:07 am
"Our nation is going to be the arsenal of vaccines for the rest of the world," US President Joe Biden tells reporters as he announces the country will release an additional 20 million doses of Covid vaccines abroad, bringing the total being shipped out to 80 million.
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