U.S. sends COVID-19 vaccines worldwide [February 2022]

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People standing in line outdoors (© Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Images)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging nations to help increase COVID-19 vaccination rates in low-income countries. He cited Uganda, where residents lined up in Kampala to receive vaccinations February 8, as an example of how quickly countries can increase vaccination rates. (© Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Images)

The United States works with international partners to donate COVID-19 vaccines to the world and end the pandemic.

America’s support for the global fight against COVID-19 includes:

  • Donating over 473 million vaccine doses to other countries.
  • Purchasing 1 billion vaccine doses to donate to nearly 100 developing countries.
  • Contributing $4 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in support of COVAX, the global initiative to equitably distribute safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
  • Delivering essential medicines, supplies and therapeutics, as well as other assistance to help countries rebuild economies, overcome food shortages and strengthen health security.

“The United States will be the world’s arsenal of vaccines in our shared fight against this virus,” President Biden said in a June 3, 2021, statement. “We will continue to do all we can to build a world that is safer and more secure against the threat of infectious disease.”

This rolling collection of photos, tweets and articles offers a snapshot of the U.S. efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses worldwide.

February 25

The United States announced the recent donation more than 3.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to five countries in Africa, including 2,999,880 doses to Nigeria and 310,050 doses to Guinea.

February 20

The United States delivered an additional 2.2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt.

 

Working through international partners, the United States has donated nearly 57 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Pakistan.

February 17

The United States recently donated more than 212,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Caribbean nations, including 32,400 doses to The Bahamas and 129,600 doses to Barbados.

February 16

The United States and international partners launched a new COVID-19 Global Action Plan to increase COVID-19 vaccinations around the world.

Graphic on U.S. vaccine donations to African nations next to map of Africa (State Dept./M. Gregory. Image: © Blan-K/Shutterstock.com)
(State Dept./M. Gregory)

The United States announced a donation of more than 1.3 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to Bolivia.

February 15

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines.

 

The United States announced the delivery of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Timor-Leste.

February 14

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 1,000,800 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Costa Rica.

 

The United States announced a donation of 5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the African Union’s African Vaccine Acquisition Trust.

February 12

The United States announced the recent delivery of more than 665,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the African nations of Ghana and Lesotho.

 

The United States announced the delivery of 515,970 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Kosovo.

 

The United States announced the delivery of 226,800 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Suriname.

February 9

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 88,920 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Haiti.

February 7

A U.S. doctor turned businessman recently announced plans to open a new vaccine plant in South Africa that will produce the first COVID-19 vaccines manufactured entirely in Africa.

Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong cutting ribbon (© Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong open the Nant SA manufacturing facility in Cape Town, South Africa, January 19. The plant is expected to begin producing COVID-19 vaccines this year. (© Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

February 6

The United States announced the recent delivery of more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritania and Uganda.

February 3

The United States announced the delivery of nearly 300,000 additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Tajikistan.

January 31

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.

 

The U.S. government, UNICEF and other partner organizations are ensuring people everywhere know COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.

Two men speaking to each other in front of open doors to mosque (© UNICEFKenya/Lameck Orina)
Isak Abdi (left) discusses his concerns about vaccination with Sheikh Omar Dagane (right). (© UNICEF Kenya/Lameck Orina)

The United States facilitated COVAX’s providing 203,580 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the West Bank and Gaza.

January 30

The United States announced the delivery of more than 4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa, including 1,368,900 to Kenya.

January 29

The United States announced the delivery of more than 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Morocco.

 

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 210,600 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Maldives.

January 28

The United States announced the delivery of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Moldova.

The United States announced the delivery of 310,050 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Tunisia.

January 25

The United States announced the delivery of nearly 900,000 Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine doses to Laos.

January 24

The United States announced the delivery of another 149,760 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Kyrgyzstan.

January 22

The United States announced the delivery of more than 1.8 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Egypt.

January 21

The United States announced the delivery of more than 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania.

January 20

The United States announced the delivery of 337,350 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.

 

The United States announced the delivery of 665,730 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine.

January 19

The United States announced the delivery of an additional 310,500 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Uzbekistan.

 

This article is being updated periodically during each month and published in monthly segments. See the updates for July, August, September, October, November and December 2021 and January 2022.

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