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By Sabrina Siddiqui and Stephanie Armour WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden will seek to release nearly all available coronavirus vaccine doses to accelerate distribution, his transition team said Friday, in a shift from the Trump administration s policy of holding back stock for second doses. The president-elect believes we must accelerate distribution of the vaccine while continuing to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible, said TJ Ducklo, a spokesman for Mr. Biden s transition. He supports releasing available doses immediately, and believes the government should stop holding back vaccine supply so we can get more shots in Americans arms now.
States to receive initial $3 billion infusion for vaccines
By DAVID A. LIEBJanuary 8, 2021 GMT
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) State and local governments are expected to receive their first infusion of federal money to support vaccination efforts against the coronavirus later this month, providing a potential boost to an effort that has gone slower than expected in some states.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said $3 billion for vaccine efforts should go out to states by Jan. 19, along with $19 billion of additional aid for coronavirus testing and contact tracing. The money comes from congressional legislation passed at the end of last year.
on Dec. 15 and administered one of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in the state. Psychologically, yes, it was a beacon of hope, she says.
So far, West Virginia is outpacing the rest of the country. Having delivered vaccine to health workers and completed a first round of shots at all its long-term care facilities, the state is now administering second doses and moving on to other populations, including people age 80 and over, and teachers who are 50 and older. A lot of people are looking to us as a state, because after the first week we had, I believe, something like 90% of doses allocated to our state in arms which was really unheard of elsewhere, says Garofoli, who is also a clinical associate professor of pharmacy at West Virginia University.
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