US to share 6 mln doses of Coronavirus vaccines with partner countries, including Georgia
On June 3, the Administration announced its framework for sharing at least 80 million U.S. vaccine doses globally by the end of June and the plan for the first 25 million doses. Photo: Erin Scott/Reuters.
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The United States will share 6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to partner countries, including Georgia, President Biden’s administration reports.
.@POTUS announced that the United States will share COVID-19 vaccines with Georgia. This is another indication of the strength of the strategic partnership between our two countries. https://t.co/uFGLtyCH22 pic.twitter.com/Bzx8YqtojX
— U.S. Embassy Tbilisi (@usingeo) June 4, 2021
Specifically, the US will share 75 per cent of vaccines through the Covax platform to the countries in need. For doses shared through Covax, the US will prioritise Latin America and the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia and Africa. The rest 25 per cent of vaccines will be donated to the countries in need, those experiencing surges, immediate neighbours and other countries that have requested immediate US assistance”, reads an official statement of the President’s Administration.
On June 3, 2021 President’s Administration announced that US will share at least 80 million doses of vaccine globally by the end of June.
The United States Government is providing $1.1 million assistance to Georgia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will help prepare laboratory systems, activate case-finding and event-based surveillance, support technical experts for response and preparedness, bolster risk communication and more
The United States government has committed an additional $1 million in new USAID funding to support Georgia’s response to coronavirus. The US government has committed a total of $2.7 million to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Georgia.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing an additional $3 million in assistance to the Georgian healthcare system in response to COVID-19.The US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, said that the CDC has been supporting Georgia to prepare for and response to the pandemic since January.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food for Progress programme, is donating an additional 27,000 tonnes of high-quality wheat to support Georgia during the coronavirus outbreak. By the end of this month, USDA will sign 18 small grant agreements, totalling $400,000, ‘to strengthen the dairy, beef, and farming sectors and improve food safety standards’.