US agrees to buy 500m Pfizer vaccine doses to distribute to 100 countries
by Julian Borger in Washington from on (#5JW3J)
Biden's initiative aims to help vaccinate the world against Covid and to restore America's global influence and soft power
The US has reached an agreement with Pfizer to buy 500m doses of their coronavirus vaccine to distribute to nearly 100 countries around the world, as the centrepiece of Joe Biden's initiative to help vaccinate the world against Covid-19, according to US reports.
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