Joe Biden says US can double target to apply 100 million vaccines in first 100 days of government

The president of the United States, Joe biden, he assured that country is able to double its initial target of applying 100 million coronavirus vaccines in its first 100 days in government.

As he left the White House for the city of Atlanta, the president told reporters they were waiting “Go with the pace” with approximately 2.5 million doses administered per day.

On Thursday, Biden announced that This Friday, the United States would reach its goal of applying 100 million vaccines, 42 days before the hundred which had been marked as a goal.

“I am proud to announce that tomorrow (for today) we will have achieved my goal”he said at a White House conference.

The goal of 100 million doses was first announced on December 8, days before the United States even had a licensed vaccine against COVID-19. When Biden took office on January 20, the United States had already administered 20 million vaccines at a rate of about one million doses per day, prompting complaints at the time that Biden’s target was not was not ambitious enough. He quickly revised it up to 150 million doses in his first 100 days.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 96 million doses of injections have been reported to the agency since Biden’s inauguration, but those reports are behind the actual date of administration. Vaccination trend lines indicate Biden broke the 100 million mark on Thursday, and the numbers are expected to be confirmed by the CDC over the weekend.

The President has mobilized to speed up vaccine deliveries from Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, as well as to increase the number of places to receive vaccines and the people who can administer them, with an emphasis on increase in the country’s capacity to inject doses. because the delivery limitations are removed.

Biden assured the country would get enough doses to inoculate the entire population in May, two months ahead of schedule, and called on all states to lift age restrictions on applying the vaccines so that all over 18 years who wish to get one can do so. so.

Biden’s visit to Atlanta this Friday aims to report violence against the Asian community across the country in the wake of a 21-year-old massacre that shot and killed six Asian masseurs.

(With information from AFP and AP)

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