Biden Tells States to Make All Adults Eligible for Covid-19 Vaccine by May 1

President Biden called on states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for Covid-19 vaccines by May 1 and set a goal for the public to be able to gather in small groups during the Fourth of July holiday.

“If we do this together, by July the Fourth, there’s a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbeque and celebrate Independence Day,” Mr. Biden said during a Thursday night primetime address from the White House, his first as president.

Mr. Biden outlined his plan to get “closer to normal” this summer during a Thursday night prime-time address, his first as president. He spoke one year after much of the U.S. economy ground to a halt as the virus spread and on the same day that he signed into law a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package.