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President Biden announces he's moving deadline for all US adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

President Biden announces he's moving deadline for all US adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
I'm announcing today that we're moving that data from May 1st April 19th nationwide. That means by no later than April 19th in every part of this country, every adult over the age of 80 18 year old or will be eligible to be vaccinated No more confusing rules, no more confusing restrictions. My message today is a simple one. Many states have already opened up to all adults, but beginning April 19th, every adult in every state, every adult in this country is elegant will get in line to get a covid vaccination. And today, in advance of that new national full eligibility date, I want to make a direct appeal to our seniors and everyone who cares about them. While we have made incredible progress vaccinating three quarters of our seniors and putting vaccination sites within five miles of 90% of the public, it still isn't enough. It's simple seniors. It's time for you to get vaccinated now. Get vaccinated. Now the virus is spreading because we have too many people who's seen the end in sight. I think we're at the finish line already, but let me be deadly earnest with you. We aren't at the finish line. We still have a lot of work to do. We're still in a life and death race against this virus. Until we get more people vaccinated, we need everyone to wash their hands socially distance and mask up in a recommended mass from the CDC. Think about it this way. Better times are ahead. As I said before, we can have a safe, happy Fourth of July with your family and your friends and small groups in your back yard. The real question is how much death, disease and misery we're gonna see between now and then. Despite the progress we're making his nation, I want every American to know in no uncertain terms that this fight isn't over. This progress we've worked so hard to achieve can be reversed. Now is not the time to let down. Now is not the time to celebrate. It's time to do what we do best as a country do our duty, our jobs, taking care of one and we can, and we'll do this. But we can't let up now. My hope is before the summer's over, I'm talking to you all about how we have even access to more vaccines than we need to take care of every American. And we're helping other poor countries, countries around the world that don't have the money at the time, the expertise, because until this vaccine is available to the world and we're beating back the vaccine, the virus in other countries, we're not really completely safe.
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President Biden announces he's moving deadline for all US adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks.With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having announced when they plan to do so, Biden announced that every adult in the country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, instead of his original deadline of May 1.Biden announced last week that 90% of adults will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine by April 19, as well as have a vaccination site within five miles of where they live. Biden said the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy vaccination program was increasing from the current 17,000 locations to 40,000.CNN has previously reported that all 50 states have announced when they plan to open vaccinations to everyone who is eligible if they haven't done so already. Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii and New Jersey all currently plan to open eligibility by May 1, so it remains to be seen how Biden's announcement changes those states' plans. On Tuesday, the president visited a vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia. The U.S. reported more than 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in a single 24-hour period last weekend. That record came at the same time federal officials put Johnson & Johnson officials in charge of a Baltimore facility and stopped it from making another vaccine by AstraZeneca after an ingredient error ruined potentially 15 million one-shot doses.As other nations clamor for more shots, including from the U.S., Biden also said Tuesday that the U.S. has administered 150 million shots. According to Our World in Data, the U.S. had administered more than 165 million doses as of Monday night, with China in second having administered a little less than 140 million shots.The administration notes that more than 75% of people over the age of 65 have gotten a shot and over 55% of them are fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 鈥� a number that was at 8% when Biden took office.

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks.

With all states having opened eligibility to the public or at least having announced when they plan to do so, Biden announced that every adult in the country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, instead of his original deadline of May 1.

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Biden announced last week that 90% of adults will be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine by April 19, as well as have a vaccination site within five miles of where they live. Biden said the number of pharmacies participating in the federal pharmacy vaccination program was increasing from the current 17,000 locations to 40,000.

have announced when they plan to open vaccinations to everyone who is eligible if they haven't done so already. Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii and New Jersey all currently plan to open eligibility by May 1, so it remains to be seen how Biden's announcement changes those states' plans.

On Tuesday, the president visited a vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia.

The U.S. reported more than 4 million doses of coronavirus vaccine administered in a single 24-hour period last weekend. That record came at the same time federal officials put Johnson & Johnson officials in charge of a Baltimore facility and stopped it from making another vaccine by AstraZeneca after an ingredient error ruined potentially 15 million one-shot doses.

As other nations clamor for more shots, including from the U.S., Biden also said Tuesday that the U.S. has administered 150 million shots. the U.S. had administered more than 165 million doses as of Monday night, with China in second having administered a little less than 140 million shots.

The administration notes that more than 75% of people over the age of 65 have gotten a shot and over 55% of them are fully vaccinated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 鈥� a number that was at 8% when Biden took office.