Biden administration requests $5 billion to fight COVID-19 globally
The Biden administration on Friday requested $5 billion for the global COVID-19 response, including boosting vaccination rates in other countries, according to a congressional aide familiar with the request.
The request includes $2.55 billion for global vaccinations, as well as additional funding for treatments and other assistance, the aide said.
The request, which was first reported by Politico, is significantly less than the $17 billion that advocates and many Democratic lawmakers have been pushing for.
Some lawmakers had grown frustrated with the administration for not putting enough emphasis on global vaccinations, which experts say are important to try to stop new variants from forming that could also threaten the United States.
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