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White House now says every American WON T be eligible for the vaccine this spring - despite Biden s pledge that anyone who wants it can get it - and insists the president didn t say his new target was 1.5m shots a day
White House press secretary Jen Psaki was on Tuesday asked about comments made by President Biden about when most Americans would be able to receive their shots
He had said 24 hours earlier that every American who wanted a shot could receive one this coming spring
Psaki is insisting that Biden s goal is instead to ensure there is greater availability by the spring
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Answering growing frustration over vaccine shortages, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is ramping up deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks and expects to provide enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer or early fall.
Biden, calling the push a “wartime effort,” said the administration was working to buy an additional 100 million doses of each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines. He acknowledged that states in recent weeks have been left guessing how much vaccine they will have from one week to the next.
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Registered Nurse Shyun Lin, left, administers Alda Maxis, 70, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in the William Reid Apartments in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)
ACROSS AMERICA The Biden administration is giving states an approximately 17 percent boost in vaccine next week following complaints around the U.S. of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments with people waiting for their first shot.
Detailed figures posted on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website Tuesday showed that the government plans to make about 10.1 million first and second doses available next week, up from this week s allotment of 8.6 million. The figures represent doses of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
Biden administration to buy enough doses to fully vaccinate all adult Americans by summer
WASHINGTON, DC The Biden administration is boosting purchases of coronavirus vaccines to deliver enough to protect 300 million Americans by the end of the summer, as it surges deliveries to states for the next three weeks following complaints of shortages and inconsistent supplies.
President Joe Biden announced the surge in deliveries to states Tuesday afternoon, along with the news that the federal government is purchasing an additional 100 million doses each of the two approved coronavirus vaccines. With existing purchases, the White House expects to be able to deliver enough of the two-dose regimens to states to vaccinate 300 million people.