Covid-19 roundup: White House re­veals vac­cine do­na­tion plan; EU opts in for an­oth­er 150 mil­lion dos­es from Mod­er­na

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s ad­min­is­tra­tion on Mon­day re­vealed the dis­tri­b­u­tion list for 55 mil­lion of the 80 mil­lion dos­es of Covid-19 vac­cines Amer­i­ca plans to do­nate to low­er-in­come na­tions:

• Rough­ly 14 mil­lion dos­es will head to Latin Amer­i­ca and the Caribbean, for a list of coun­tries that in­cludes Brazil, Ar­genti­na, Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic, Pana­ma and Cos­ta Ri­ca.
• An­oth­er 16 mil­lion dos­es are head­ed to Asia to help the fol­low­ing coun­tries: In­dia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pak­istan, Sri Lan­ka, Afghanistan, Mal­dives, Bhutan, Philip­pines, Viet­nam, In­done­sia, Thai­land, Malaysia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Tai­wan, Cam­bo­dia, and the Pa­cif­ic Is­lands.

About 10 mil­lion dos­es are head­ed to Africa to share with a list of coun­tries that will be de­ter­mined by the African Union.

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