WASHINGTON — The United States is shipping one million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine to South Korea, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Friday, one day after President Joe Biden laid out his plan to share vaccine doses globally.
“One million J&J vaccines are headed to our partners in the Republic of Korea. With these doses we’re ensuring the safety and readiness of ROK and U.S. forces. The friendship between our two countries runs deep, especially in times of great need,” spokesman Ned Price said in a post on Twitter.
Reservations for the incoming U.S. doses — nearly double the amount initially promised by Washington — have already be…
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