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In addition to a previous commitment to send 80 million AstraZeneca doses overseas, his administration will send 20 million doses of shots approved for use in the US by the end of June.Įven as the rate of vaccinations slows in the US, many countries around the world are struggling to secure doses, throwing questions of vaccine equity into ever-sharper relief. This week, President Biden also announced that the US will donate more of its vaccine surplus. To make up for the shortfall, GAVI, one of the organizations behind Covax, agreed today to buy 200 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It’s not yet clear if these donations will go through the Covax initiative, which has struggled to gain momentum, especially as halted exports from India have put its largest supplier behind on delivering doses. Pfizer and BioNTech pledged earlier today to give one billion doses of their covid vaccine to low- and middle-income countries by the end of this year, and another billion over the course of 2022. US supports vaccine deals for countries in need To meet the 70% target as demand slows for vaccines, the White House this month announced partnerships with ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft. This will make dating safer for everyone, everywhere.' Shar Dubey, CEO of Match Group, said: ' We are honored to work with the White House on increasing vaccinations across America, which will allow people to once again meet in person and engage in meaningful ways. Promotional campaigns will launch in coming weeks and run until 4 July. Match Group Inc confirmed the participation of its top US brands including Tinder, Match, OkCupid, Hinge, Plenty of Fish, BLK and Chispa.

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The dating platforms, which cater to more than 50 million people in the US, will offer badges showing vaccination status, free access to 'premium content like boosts, super likes, and super swipes' for vaccinated individuals, and filters to potential hook-ups based on people's vaccination status, the White House said. 'We have finally found the one thing that makes us all more attractive: a vaccination,' Slavitt said. He said OkCupid, one of the dating sites, reported that people who display their vaccination status were 14% more likely to get a match.

' Social distancing and dating were always a bit of a challenging combination,' White House coronavirus adviser Andy Slavitt told reporters on Friday. The partnership with dating sites is meant to attract young people otherwise reluctant to get vaccinated. President Joe Biden's administration has set a goal of getting at least one vaccine shot into at least 70% of US adults by the 4 July Independence Day holiday. With restrictions loosening across the country as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths decline, people are increasingly getting back to some semblance of normalcy in their lives, including dating. The White House has partnered with popular online dating platforms such as Match, Tinder and Bumble to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated against the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands of people in the United States alone. Want to know if your next new love interest has been vaccinated against covid-19? Just check your favorite app. White House partners with dating apps to encourage vaccination