U.S. remains in conversations with Moderna on purchasing Covid vaccine dosages for other countries

A medical employee from Parrish Medical Center holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a drive through vaccination center for workers of Port Canaveral, employees at regional hotels and dining establishments, and locals of the Port Canaveral neighborhood.

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The U.S. federal government remains in settlements with Moderna to possibly protect extra Covid-19 vaccine dosages to provide to the world, according to an individual familiar.

The conversations might result in a comparable variety of dosages acquired as an offer exposed Wednesday with Pfizer, stated the individual, who decreased to be called since the settlements aren’t public.

President Joe Biden is anticipated to reveal at the G-7 top that the U.S. has actually purchased 500 million dosages of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to share through the international Covax alliance for contribution to 92 lower-income nations and the African Union over the next year, according to another individual familiar. The news was initially reported by The Washington Post and The New York City Times.

The Pfizer dosages will be bought at a not-for-profit rate, the individual stated. The regards to a prospective Moderna offer weren’t right away clear.

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