World Coronavirus Dispatch: Singapore now the best place to be during Covid

Biden pledges to ship millions of vaccine doses, Brazil's health authority rejected importing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Biden pledges to ship millions of vaccine doses as virus rages worldwide

Under fire for not doing much to help global community in the fight against the coronavirus after vowing to be a world leader in public health, Biden has pledged 60 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine doses to countries struggling to inoculate people. However, global health groups said the commitment was not nearly big enough. Given the scope of the crisis and the devastation that has been unfolding in many countries, liberals and global health advocacy organisations say the president has a moral obligation to do more.