U.S. brokers J&J-COVAX deal to send vaccines to conflict zones -Blinken

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States has brokered a deal between Johnson & Johnson and the COVAX vaccine-sharing program for the delivery of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine to people living in conflict zones. He announced the agreement at the opening of a meeting of global foreign ministers convened by Washington on the COVID-19 pandemic, but provided no details on how many doses would be delivered, when or to which countries. “We need to ensure that people who cannot be reached by government vaccination cam…

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