New measures announced by Joe Biden to speed up COVID-19 vaccination in the United States

United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his goal of 70% of the country’s adult population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 160 million of them are fully vaccinated on July 4.

In the next phase of the vaccination campaign, the US government will seek to facilitate vaccination to make it more accessible and also to increase public confidence among those who continue to be skeptical about the possibility of being vaccinated.

Biden announced this afternoon that currently you will ask thousands of federal pharmacy program pharmacies to offer walk-in shifts; Reorient Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) resources to support more emerging clinics, small community vaccination centers and more mobile clinics; sending new vaccine allocations to rural health clinics across the country; Yes providing additional assistance to communities so that they can carry out outreach and engagement activities that help people get immunized.

The president also highlighted the effort they are making to vaccinate American adolescents at full speed if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows inoculation in this age group and is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. . Disease Prevention (CDC). The FDA is expected to approve the application of the vaccine developed by Pfizer to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 next week.

Specifically, Biden announced the following actions to ensure that 70% of the U.S. population is vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4:

– New efforts to make vaccines more accessible to Americans across the country.

– Allow walk-in vaccinations at local pharmacies across the country.

– Allow vaccination in smaller mobile clinics within local communities.

– Support community education on vaccines and local awareness efforts. Biden will announce additional support to community organizations, as well as states, to educate local communities about vaccines and vaccine availability:

– Expanding the workforce of community organizations. The president will inform the project of approximately $ 250 million in funding for community organizations to hire and mobilize community outreach workers, community health workers and social support specialists to improve access to vaccines for the most affected and highest risk communities.

– Support underserved communities with the tools to get vaccinated. Biden will announce that more than $ 130 million will be used to improve vaccine education and information and reduce health disparities in underserved communities.

– Support the next phase of national and local vaccine awareness efforts. The Democrat predicts that nearly $ 250 million will immediately go to state, territory and major city governments to jump-start their next phase of outreach efforts.

– Facilitate Access to Immunization for People Living in Rural Communities and Strengthen Efforts to Reach Rural Americans. The government will send vaccines directly to rural clinics in the most underserved communities.

– Increase vaccine education and outreach efforts in rural communities. More than $ 100 million in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds will go to approximately 4,600 rural health clinics across the country to support vaccine delivery to rural communities.

– Increase funding for rural clinics and hospitals to respond to COVID-19 disease through testing and mitigation.

Currently, more than 147.5 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, a figure that represents 44.5 percent of the population, while 105.5 million, 31.8 percent, have been completely inoculated.

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