The Latest: Obama, Longoria join vaccine social media chat
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1of26Eva Longoria arrives at the 2019 Hollywood Foreign Press Association s Annual Grants Banquet in Beverly Hills, Calif. on July 31, 2019, left, and former U.S. President Barack Obama appears at the Gathering of Rising Leaders in the Asia Pacific in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 13, 2019. Longoria and Obama are joining a social media chat next week about COVID-19 vaccines and the pandemic’s effects on women, particularly women of color. Made to Save, the United State of Women, Supermajority and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are hosting Monday’s event on Facebook Live.APShow MoreShow Less
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HERE S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
ROME â American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech have pledged to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over the next 18 months.
The companies, which together developed the first vaccine to be authorized for use in the United States and Europe, made the announcement Friday at a global health summit in Rome co-hosted by the European Unionâs executive arm and Italy.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says they expect to provide a billion of the doses this year and another billion in 2022.
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
ROME â American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German company BioNTech have pledged to deliver 2 billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to middle- and low-income countries over the next 18 months.
The companies, which together developed the first vaccine to be authorized for use in the United States and Europe, made the announcement Friday at a global health summit in Rome co-hosted by the European Unionâs executive arm and Italy.