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U.S. To Send More Than 800k Vaccines To Caribbean Countries
The U.S. government announced that it will send more than 800,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations.
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Biden Administration announced plans to distribute more than 800,000 Pfizer vaccines throughout the Caribbean. The announcement comes as nations across the region face spiking COVD-19 cases.
The vaccines will be divided between the Bahamas (397,000 doses), Trinidad and Tobago (305,000 doses), Barbados (70,000 doses), St. Vincent and the Grenadines (35,100 doses), Antigua (17,550 doses) and St. Kitts and Nevis (11,700 doses).
Haiti already received 500,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine in July. The vaccines were donated by the U.S. via the United Nations’ COVAX program for low-income countries.
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