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Biden Says U.S. to Donate 17 Million More J&J Shots to Africa

  • Kenyatta has said Kenya a victim of vaccine ‘nationalism’
  • U.S. has faced criticism that it’s hoarding Covid shots

   

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President Joe Biden said his administration will donate another 17 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine to the African Union, after criticism that the U.S. hasn’t been more generous.

Biden made the announcement at a meeting Thursday with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House. Delivery of the single-dose J&J shot is expected in the coming weeks, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.