'We are prepared to leverage our operations, IT, & communications capabilities and expertise to assist your administration’s vaccination efforts,' Clark wrote. 'As you begin your work leading the country out of the COVID-19 crisis, Amazon stands ready to assist you in reaching your goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of your administration,' he wrote in his letter, a copy of which was obtained by NBC News. He added: “The United States also intends to fulfill its financial obligations to the organization.”Īmazon has extended an offer to President Joe Biden to assist with the national distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, a move that could expedite the federal effort to combat the pandemic.ĭave Clark, the CEO of Amazon's consumer business, and one of the company's highest-ranking executives, sent a letter to the president shortly after he was sworn in Wednesday.

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The administration announced just hours after Biden’s inauguration that the United States would revoke a planned pullout from the WHO in July that had been announced by the Trump administration.įauci’s quick commitment to WHO-whose response to the coronavirus outbreak was repeatedly berated by the Trump administration- marks a dramatic and vocal shift toward a multilateral approach to fighting the pandemic. “I am honored to announce that the United States will remain a member of the World Health Organization,” Fauci told the WHO’s executive board meeting in Geneva via videoconference. health agency to help fight the coronavirus pandemic. staff counts at the World Health Organization and pay its financial obligations to it as it vows to stay fully engaged with the U.N. Anthony Fauci, says the United States will cease reducing U.S. GENEVA - President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser on Covid-19, Dr.

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