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Taiwan receives 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine from the US at the Taoyuan International Airport, with health officials holding up signs saying 'thank you'. The move is likely to draw disapproval from Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island. IMAGES
The United States commits to donating 80 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine abroad by the end of the month, White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients says during a news briefing. "We will continue to donate additional doses across the summer months as supply becomes available," Zients says. SOUNDBITE
People are vaccinated at a drive-through center at the Bonilla Stadium, in the Miraflores district of Lima, as Latin America's Covid-19 death toll is set to hit 1 million. IMAGES
The United States will release an additional 20 million doses of Covid vaccine to other countries, bringing the total being shipped out to 80 million. Speaking at her daily briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters "the United States will send 20 million doses authorized for use in the United States to help countries battling the pandemic by the end of June". SOUNDBITE
The EU has concluded a deal with BioNTech/Pfizer for up to 1.8 billion extra doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says at a media conference in Porto, Portugal. SOUNDBITE
The European Union agrees to buy 300 million additional Moderna vaccine doses according to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE