White House Announces Largest Increase In Weekly Vaccine Distribution Since Biden Took Office

The White House announced the largest increase in its weekly vaccine distribution program since President Joe Biden took office on January 20.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at Tuesday’s briefing that state vaccine distribution would increase to 13.5 million every week, up nearly 60 percent since January 20. Psaki also announced that the Biden administration’s new program to ship doses directly to pharmacies would double its weekly output to 2 million.

“This program will expand access in neighborhoods across the country so that people can call and make an appointment and get their shot conveniently and quickly,” Psaki explained. “Eventually as supply increases more than 40,000 pharmacy locations nationwide will be providing Covid-19 vaccines through this program. This is a critical, critical part of our plan.”