Today's D Brief: US to donate 500 million vaccines; SecDef sharpens China focus; Women’s body armor timeline; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
June 10, 2021
The D Brief
The U.S. will donate 200 million COVID-19 vaccine shots to countries in need this year, and another 300 million in 2022, the White House announced as President Joe Biden began his first day abroad as POTUS. The vaccines will begin shipping out in August, and will head to 92 low- and lower middle-income countries and the African Union.
“This is the largest-ever purchase and donation of vaccines by a single country and a commitment by the American people to help protect people around the world from COVID-19,” the White House said in a statement.
Bigger picture: “Global vaccine diplomacy is expected to be a top issue at the gathering amid outbreaks in countries such as India and Brazil and as many developing countries struggle to inoculate their populations,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Already “British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on G-7 leaders to commit to vaccinating the entire world by the end of 2022.”
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