U.S. Vaccines Sent Overseas Turned Away Amid Logistics Trouble

Feb. 15, 2022, 11:34 PM UTC

The Biden administration says some foreign countries haven’t been able to accept their full allocation of vaccine donations from the U.S., as they increasingly grapple with logistical barriers and vaccine hesitancy.

“There have been moments, yes, where countries are not able to receive the doses that we’re able to provide,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing Tuesday. She didn’t identify the countries.

The U.S. has donated and shipped 437 million doses abroad so far, more than any other nation, and pledged a total of at least 1.2 billion. President Joe Biden held a virtual summit in ...

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