(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON – The U.S. is planning to send a combined 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico and Canada in its first export of shots, the White House said Thursday.
Press secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration is in the process of finalizing efforts to distribute 2.5 million doses to Mexico and 1.5 million to Canada as a “loan.” The details are still being worked out.
AdAstraZeneca is among the vaccines that have received emergency approval in Mexico, and Mexico already has 870,000 doses of that vaccine.
It also has Pfizer, SinoVac and Sputnik V for a total of more than 8 million doses.
One million doses of SinoVac arrived from Hong Kong on Thursday.