White House Purchases 200 Million More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
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With More Vaccines Secured, Biden Warns of Hurdles to ComeThe Biden administration said Thursday it had secured 200 million more doses of coronavirus vaccines, enough to inoculate every American adult, but President Biden warned that logistical hurdles would most likely mean that many Americans will still not have been vaccinated by the end of the summer.
The additional doses amount to a 50 percent increase in vaccine, and will give the administration the number of doses that Mr. Biden said last month he needs to cover 300 million people by the end of the summer. But it will still...
From the Center
Biden says US will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every American by end of JulyThe Biden administration has bought enough doses of COVID-19 vaccines to cover 300 million people in the US by the end of July, President Joe Biden said Thursday afternoon, though this doesn't mean everyone will be vaccinated by then.
"We've now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans," Biden said.
Actually administering the vaccines to all Americans could take longer because vaccinations are managed at a state and local level.
"Just this afternoon, we signed the final contracts for 100 million more Moderna and 100 million more Pfizer vaccines,"...
From the Right
Biden Announces 200M New Vaccine Doses, Rips Trump Admin Distribution PlanPresident Joe Biden’s administration has secured the purchase of an additional 200 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the White House announced Thursday.
The administration announced in January that it was “working to purchase” an additional 100 million doses each from Pfizer and Moderna. That effort is now successful, raising the total number of doses at the nation’s disposal to 600 million doses through the summer of 2021. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two doses per person, however, meaning the vault of doses is enough to cover 300...
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