U.S. Announces sharing plan for 55 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Monday added plans to proportion 55 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the rest of the sector.

Among the 55 million doses, around forty one million might be shared through COVAX, together with approximately 14 million doses for Latin America and the Caribbean, about 16 million for Asia, and approximately 10 million for Africa, in line with a White House statement.

The rest, approximately 14 million doses, will be shared directly with "local priorities and other recipients," which include Afghanistan, Iraq, West Bank and Gaza.

The allocation plan for the 55 million doses is the closing portion of the Biden administration's standard framework to percentage eighty million doses globally by the cease of June. The White House had particular the plan for the first tranche of 25 million doses earlier this month.

The Biden management is anticipated to fall brief of its initial commitment to ship eighty million doses distant places by the end of this month.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki instructed reporters on Monday that the put off of the vaccine shipments was caused by logistical challenges.