Biden pledges surplus vaccines will be shared with the rest of the world – video

The US president has pledged surplus vaccines will be shared with the rest of the world, after he announced the purchase of an additional 100m Johnson & Johnson doses. If we have a surplus, we're going to share it with the rest of the world,' he said. This is not something that can be stopped by a fence no matter how high you build a fence or a wall. So we're not going to be safe until the world is safe. And so, we're going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first, but we're then going to try and help the rest of the world.' The president reiterated plans to have all American adults vaccinated by the end of May and revealed the country hit a record of 2.9m vaccinations in one day on Saturday

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