(1st UPDATE) President Joe Biden says the United States will give the vaccines without expectation of political favors in return

For Southeast Asian countries, it is a “symbolically important” first step, but the dose shipments are a “drop in the bucket” compared to what is needed in the region, said Alex Feldman, head of the US-ASEAN Business Council, a lobbying group. He added that Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand are facing serious difficulties with COVID-19.

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