Joe Biden estimated that the United States could start sharing COVID-19 vaccines with other countries before the end of September.

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that hopes that his government can start sharing its inventory of covid-19 vaccines with other countries “before the end of the summer” (June 21-September 21 in the northern hemisphere), once it has ensured that the country had enough doses to inoculate its entire population.

“I hope before the summer is over I will tell you that we already have access to more vaccines than we need to treat every American and we are helping to other countries, poor countries “the president said during a ceremony at the White House.

Biden has indicated that his intention is to share with other countries the surpluses that the North American country will have because “until this vaccine is available worldwide and we gain the virus in other countries, we will not be completely safe “.

The White House has already made deals with Mexico and Canada to send them a total of 4 million doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which has not yet been approved for emergency use in the United States.

However, it has yet to publicly respond to requests from many other countries, more or less developed, for it to have access to their surpluses, as the United States has already announced agreements for many more doses than it does. ‘it does not take to vaccinate their entire country. adult population.

The build-up of doses by the United States and other wealthy countries has worried some experts, who warn it could impact the inability of other countries with fewer resources to get enough vaccines in the short term. , which can increase the risk of viral mutations. Among them is the director-general of the WHO, who called the inequality of access “grotesque”.

The White House estimates that by the end of May, it will have enough doses to immunize all adult Americans – around 300 million people – but insisted it must prepare for possible unforeseen events, such only manufacturing problems.

In addition, the Biden government wishes to reserve doses in case they are needed to boost the immunity of those who have already been vaccinated, or to provide them to children if the injectables are proven to be effective and safe for them. minors. In total, the North American country has purchased enough doses to immunize 500 million people.

The Biden Executive also donated $ 2 billion to the COVAX platform for the development and equitable distribution of vaccines, and plans to donate an additional $ 2 billion through 2022.

Durante su acto en la Casa Blanca, Biden también aseguró que no ha hablado con su homólogo chino, Xi Jinping, sobre una posible responsilidad de China en la expansion de la pandemia al haber ocultado parte de la información sobre la gravedad de la situación en su Country. “No, I haven’t had this conversation with President Xi,” Biden said only when asked by a reporter.

With information from EFE

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