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U.S. working on plan to lend doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada, Mexico
WASHINGTON — The White House says it is working on a plan to lend 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada and an additional 2.5 million doses to Mexico.
Press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the effort Thursday, but emphasized that the details have not been fully worked out.
The U.S. currently has 7 million “releasable” doses of the vaccine, which has yet to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration, she said.
“Balancing the need to let the approval process play out … with the importance of helping stop the spread in other countries, we are assessing how we can loan doses,” Psaki told a media briefing.