The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it was sending 5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine to South Africa and 4 million doses of the Moderna vaccine to Nigeria, part of President Joseph R. Biden Jr’s 25 million vaccine donation to Africa.
Senior Director for Africa at the National Security Council Dana L. Banks made the announcement at the Africa Media Hub digital press briefing on Wednesday.
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Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.