Since all states are eligible for the public or at least have announced when they plan to, Biden will announce, according to an administration official, that every adult in the country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, instead of Biden’s original deadline of 1 May.
Biden announced last week that 90% of adults would be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine by April 19, as well as a vaccination site within five kilometers of their residence. Biden said the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy program is increasing from the current 17,000 places to 40,000.
CNN reported earlier that all 50 countries have announced that they would like to open vaccinations to all eligible candidates, if they have not already done so. Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii and New Jersey are all currently set to be eligible by May 1, so it remains to be seen how Biden’s announcement will change the states’ plans. Biden is expected to acknowledge the governors’ attempt to meet his May 1 deadline for this change.
On Tuesday, the president will visit a vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia, and then comment on the state of vaccinations from the White House. He is expected to say that 150 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine were administered in his first 75 days in office, in line with a stated target of 200 million shots by his 100th day in office.
Biden will tell how the US reported more than 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine last weekend. The record came at the same time that federal officials put Johnson & Johnson officials in charge of a Baltimore facility and refrained from making another vaccine by AstraZeneca after an ingredient error potentially destroyed 15 million single doses.
While other countries are boasting about more shots, including from the US, Biden also plans to say on Tuesday that the US is the first country to deliver 150 million shots. According to Our World in Data, the US delivered more than 165 million doses as of Monday night, while China delivered a little less than 140 million shots in second place.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 75% of people over the age of 65 have been shot, and more than 55% have been fully vaccinated. assumed the office.
