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White House to unveil new global vaccine initiative aimed at manufacturing 1 billion doses by 2022
Deirdre Shesgreen
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – The White House will announce a new global vaccine initiative Friday – aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity in India for up to 1 billion new doses for developing countries by 2022, according to an administration official.
The Biden administration will unveil the effort during a virtual summit on Friday with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia.
The official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, did not provide cost details but said it would center on a financing agreement for "a very substantial, frankly dramatic increase in the capacity to create vaccines – up to a billion by 2022." The initiative will also help fund vaccine delivery to people across Southeast Asia.
The official also said that President Joe Biden will host Japan's prime minister at the White House – his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader – as his administration seeks to shore up U.S. alliances in Asia and counter China's global ambitions. No date has been set yet for the meeting with Japan's leader, Yoshihide Suga.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/12/biden-host-person-meeting-japanese-leader-yoshihide-suga/4657191001/
