Joe Biden says he’s planning to give surplus COVID-19 vaccines to other countries, including Canada, in the future as his country’s vaccination rollout hits another milestone.Biden said he spoke to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday about providing additional vaccine assistance to Canada, but also suggested some of the extra vaccines could go to Central America.
He noted that the U.S. doesn’t yet have enough to send at this time, but said the U.S. could provide help down the line.“We hope to be able to be of some help and value to countries around the world.
We talked to our neighbours,” he said at a press conference on Wednesday, acknowledging his phone call with Trudeau.“We helped a little bit there.