U.S. shipped 22 Million of Covid-19 shots U.S this week
On Friday White House official said that ”U.S. government has distributed 22 million COVID-19 shots to locations across the United States this week, as it is taking efforts to supply vaccine for all Americans by the end of May.”
President Joe Biden has urge states to provide vaccine shots to all adults in May and said that they will be enough dose for every adult who wants a shot by the end of that month.
Jeff Zients, the White House Covid-19 response coordinator, said that the administration has delivered 1 million shots to community vaccination sites across the country, around 60% of which have been given to ethnic and racial minorities.
”The federal pharmacy program.. has allowed millions of Americans to get a shot in a local pharmacy, the same way they get their flu shots,” said Zients on Friday.
Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer Inc, and Moderna Inc are expected to deliver together 240 million Covid-19 shots to the United States by the end of March, and 800 million by mid-summer.
President Biden has urged that childcare workers and teachers get the vaccine shot by the end of March to assist with safe public school reopenings.
