The United States will start to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's coronavirus vaccine with other countries as they become available, White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said on Monday. "U.S. to release 60 million AstraZeneca doses to other countries as they become available," he wrote on Twitter. White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients told the AP that about 10 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were ready to go and needed to pass a final FDA review, likely in the next several weeks. He said about 50 million more doses are in "various stages of production" and could ship in May and June. AstraZeneca is no longer making vaccine at that plant after a batch of Johnson & Johnson's vaccine was ruined by contamination with ingredients from the AstraZeneca shot.

Source: The Star April 26, 2021 18:11 UTC