US to share AstraZeneca vaccine doses with world

The United States plans to share 60 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccines with the world as they become available US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy said hereThe AstraZeneca vaccine is widely in use around the world but has not yet been authorised by the US Food and Drug AdministrationldquoUS announces plan to share AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine doses with the world Sixty million doses to be shared as they become availablerdquo Murthy said in a tweet on MondayA similar tweet also came from Andy Slavitt White House Senior Adviser COVID ResponseLast month the White House had shared roughly four million doses of the vaccine with Canada and MexicoWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki clarified that these doses would be available in the coming weeks ldquoJust to be clear right now we have zero doses available of AstraZenecardquo she told reporters at her daily news conferenceldquoWersquore talking about what the FDA needs to go through a review to ensure the safety and itrsquos meeting our own bar and our own guidelines And we expect there to be approximately 10 million doses that could be ready if or when the FDA gives its concurrence which could happen in the coming weeks So this is not immediaterdquo she explainedThere is an estimated additional 50 million doses that are in various stages of production These could be completed in stages across May and June Psaki saidlsquoNo surplus vaccine doses for India nowrsquoThe UK is currently moving through its domestic priority lists for COVID19 vaccines and therefore has no surplus doses to share with countries in need such as India at this stage Downing Street said on TuesdayTwitter to add COVID19 vaccine fact boxMicroblogging and social networking service Twitter has come up with a new feature to add a fact box on usersrsquo timelines to help promote the ongoing COVID19 vaccination The feature will provide people around the world with latest vaccine information in their country reported The Verge The link will take a user to a new page with information about vaccinesTweet talkVivek Murthyvivek_murthyUS announces plan to share AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine doses with the world Sixty million doses to be shared as they become available534598No of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours147377159Total no of cases worldwide3112041Total no of deaths worldwideSource WHOJohns HopkinsThis 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