AstraZeneca vaccine doses in US should go to hard-hit countries, says business group

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Shipping stockpiled AstraZeneca vaccine doses to countries struggling with the coronavirus “would affirm US leadership, including in COVAX”, the group said.

The US Chamber of Commerce on Friday called on the Biden administration to release millions of doses offrom storage for shipment to India, Brazil and other countries hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The vaccine doses will not be needed in the United States, where it’s estimated that vaccine manufacturers will be able to produce enough doses by early June to vaccinate every American,” Myron Brilliant, the chamber’s vice president and head of international affairs, said in a statement.

 

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There’s 10’s of thousands of Australians separated indefinitely from their partners/spouses/young kids overseas, and who were RELYING on a solid vaccine rollout in order to reunite with their immediate loved ones.. our lives have been on hold a year already 💔 LoveIsNotTourism

Wait till they turn around and tell you they don't want your second choice vaccine and demand Pfizer instead of AZ.

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