Pfizer to Supply 40 Million Vaccine Doses to Low-Income Countries

Pfizer to Supply 40 Million Vaccine Doses to Low-Income Countries
A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, on Dec. 8, 2020. Frank Augstein/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Pfizer on Friday committed to supply up to 40 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get affordable shots to poor and middle-income countries.

The deal is a boost to the global program known as COVAX, as wealthy nations have snapped up most of the millions of coming shots.