Biden: Global vaccinations to be ‘constant project for a long time,’ says US may be able to donate 1 billion more doses

NEWQUAY, England — President Joe Biden says helping the world battle the Covid-19 pandemic will be a “constant project for a long time.”

Biden spoke Sunday of a “clear consensus” among the other leaders attending the Group of Seven summit that commitments they made to donate vaccines wouldn’t be the end.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the summit host, announced on Sunday that G-7 leaders had pledged over 1 billion vaccine doses for poorer nations.

Biden is responsible for about half of that donation, or about 500 million doses. He says the U.S. may be able to contribute 1 billion more doses.

The U.S. president says it’s a “gigantic, logistical effort” to get shots in arms around the world, a the goal he said may not be achieved until 2023.