Covid-19 Local News News US to give 80 million vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via COVAX Barbados Today03/06/20210222 views FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken taken April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo SOURCE: US President Joe Biden unveiled his plan Thursday for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses being distributed globally, with 75 per cent of shots disbursed via the COVAX program. “We are sharing these doses not to secure favours or extract concessions. We are sharing these vaccines to save lives and to lead the world in bringing an end to the pandemic, with the power of our example and with our values,” Biden said in a statement. In a fact sheet the White House said that for the doses shared through COVAX, Washington would prioritise countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa.