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August 25, 2021

U.S. & Cuba Pledge Vaccines for Vietnam, But Only Cuba Offers to Share Vaccine Technology
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Vice President Kamala Harris has announced the United States will
provide 1 million additional COVID vaccine doses to Vietnam. Harris made
the announcement earlier today during a meeting in Hanoi with Vietnam's
prime minister. On Tuesday, Cuba announced it, too, would send vaccines
to Vietnam, in addition to sharing vaccine technology to help Vietnam
make its own vaccines. In other vaccine news, Johnson & Johnson has
revealed it has developed a booster shot that provides nine times as
many antibodies as its original vaccine on its own.


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