Trump says U.S. will have vaccine doses for all Americans in April

President Donald Trump said Friday that there will be enough doses of coronavirus vaccine for every American by April, contradicting administration health officials who have projected the country would not reach that point until mid-2021.

"Hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every American by April," he said at a White House press briefing. Trump earlier in the week said that doses would be broadly available by March.

Trump touted the timeline as evidence of "historic progress," and said of a vaccine, "we essentially have it — we will be announcing it soon." Notably, the president did not repeat his familiar prediction that the government would authorize a vaccine by election day, which top government scientists have said would be unlikely.