President Joe Biden is set to announce that the United States will double its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines to send to other countries to 1.1 billion doses.The commitment will increase doses purchased by the US for global distribution by 500 million through 2022, two senior Biden administration officials said, hours before Biden is set to host a virtual vaccine summit on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.The White House said Biden will use the summit to press other countries to “commit to a higher level of ambition” in their vaccine sharing plans. The officials said the White House will publicly release the targets for well-off nations and nonprofits after the summit concludes.
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