Joe Biden: US will share 20 million Covid-19 vaccines with other nations

The United States US will share 20 million more doses of its Covid19 vaccines with the rest of the world by the end of June said President Joe BidenMondayrsquos announcement came under mounting international pressure that Western wealthy nations which have stockpiled vaccines far more than they need should share more doses with countries struggling with the pandemic reports Xinhua news agencyldquoWe have the vaccine Wersquove secured enough supply to vaccinate all adults and children above the age of 12rdquo Biden said during a White House addressldquoWe know America will never be fully safe until the pandemic thatrsquos raging globally is under controlrdquoThe vaccines Washington is to ship overseas will consist of leftover doses from either Moderna PfizerBioNTech or Johnson amp Johnson which are authorised by the US Food and Drug Administration to use in the country Earlier the Biden administration has made commitment to send 60 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses overseas The AstraZeneca jab has not been cleared by FDA yetBiden said on Monday that the 80 million doses will represent 30 per cent of the vaccines produced by the US by the end of JuneSo far the US has administered more than 272 million Covid19 vaccine doses and distributed more than 344 million according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDCThe Biden administration has set a goal of getting 70 per cent of the countryrsquos adult population to receive at least one dose of a Covid vaccine by July 4 The FDA expanded its emergency use authorisation for Pfizerrsquos vaccine to include people 12 to 15 years old last weekBidenrsquos announcement came after World Health Organization WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday repeated his calls for manufacturers and highincome countries to share their doses with COVAXItaly postpones night curfew removes more curbsItalian Prime Minister Mario Draghirsquos cabinet has decided to postpone the antiCoronavirus night curfew and approved a plan for further reopening while pandemic trends in the country remained positive After a cabinet meeting late on Monday the government declared the curfew would be in force from 11 pm instead of 10 pm until 5 am starting from Tuesday reports Xinhua news agency The restrictive measure will be further delayed to midnight by June 7 and fully scrapped from June 21 provided the curve of the infections remained stableUK records 2323 cases of variantA total of 2323 cases of the Coronavirus variant first detected in India have been recorded in the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Speaking on Monday at the House of Commons the lower house of British Parliament Hancock said the variant is now the dominant strain of the virus in Bolton and Blackburn with Darwen both in northwest England with 483 confirmed casesLanka announces travel restrictionsSri Lankan authorities have announced that an islandwide travel restriction will come into force from 11 pm on Friday until 4 am on May 25 Army Commander and Head of the National Operations Center for the Prevention of Covid19 General Shavendra Silva told Xinhua news agency on Monday that once the new travel restriction is lifted on the morning of May 25 it will be imposed once again at 11 pm on that day till 4 am on May 28Also ReadCovid19 Mumbai sees sharp dip records 953 new cases434193No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours163729642Total no of cases worldwide3392649Total no of deaths worldwideThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever