The White House today confirmed the United States has donated 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses — towards a goal of 1.1 billion — to low-income countries via COVAX, the global vaccine sharing program.
Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 pandemic response coordinator, said the United States has donated more to COVAX than any country in the world, and the latest shipments would head out tomorrow to both Pakistan and Bangladesh.
During the press conference, Zients emphasized that vaccines and booster doses were the best tools for Americans — and the world — at this stage of the pandemic.
He said as of today, 70% of eligible US seniors (65 and older) are boosted, and half of all eligible adults were now boosted.Boosters offer a significant bump in protection against the dominant Omicron variant, which has caused an unprecedented surge of cases in the last month.