The Trump administration says it will release millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses it was holding back for use as second doses in order to vaccinate Americans older than 65, as well as Americans with underlying health conditions.
"Every vaccine dose that is sitting in a warehouse instead of going into an arm could mean one more life lost or one more hospital bed occupied," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said at a press briefing Tuesday of Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration's COVID-19 vaccine program.
The vaccine rollout has been widely criticized as too slow.
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Erica Moser
As a business reporter, I write about small businesses opening and closing, manufacturing, food and drink, labor issues and economic data. I particularly love writing about the impact of state and federal policy on local businesses. I also do some education reporting, covering colleges in southeastern Connecticut and regional K-12 issues.
The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to accelerate vaccinations of Americans against COVID-19, releasing the rest of the doses it had been keeping in reserve and recommending states immediately open inoculations to those aged 65 and over.