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President Joe Biden has extended his deadline for states to make all adults in the United States eligible for coronavirus vaccines by two weeks. Even as he expressed hope about vaccination rates, he cautioned Americans that the pandemic is far from over.
“New virus variants are spreading and moving quickly,” the president warned. The number of cases is increasing again, and hospitalizations are no longer on the decline.” “The pandemic is still dangerous,” he said, urging Americans to wash their hands, keep their distance from others, and wear masks.
While Biden’s administration is on track to achieve his new target of administering 200 million doses of the vaccine in his first 100 days, he added that it would take time for enough Americans to be vaccinated to prevent the virus from spreading. However, he expressed optimism that his announcement on Tuesday (April 6) that every adult will be able to sign up and be vaccinated in a virtual line by April 19 will help increase vaccine access and delivery. Some states have already started pushing their deadlines back from the initial May 1 deadline.
“There will be no more muddled legislation. There will be no more perplexing rules “According to Biden,
After visiting a COVID-19 vaccination site at Virginia Theological Seminary’s Immanuel Chapel in Alexandria, Biden made the announcement. He thanked everyone for giving the shots and turning up to get them during his visit.
No one should be concerned about coronavirus mutations that have been found in other countries and are now turning up in the United States, according to the president. Although the latest strains are more virulent and harmful, he says that “the vaccines work on all of them.”
Since his inauguration on January 20, Biden has administered 150 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to soldiers. This puts the president on track to reach his new target of 200 million shots by April 30, his 100th day in office.
Biden’s initial target was to shoot 100 million shots in his first 100 days, but he exceeded that goal in March. Despite this, he admitted on Tuesday that his administration fell short of its target of giving at least one shot to every teacher, school staff member, and childcare worker in March in order to speed up school reopenings.
Harris praised the staff and others who obtained vaccinations at a site set up at a local union hall, calling spring “a time of renewal.”
Even as the nation prepares for a possible new wave of virus cases, several states are preparing to loosen their health restrictions. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, said on Tuesday that the country is in a “sensitive moment,” warning that “we might just as quickly swing up into a wave.”
After more than a year of lockdowns and limitations on public life in order to slow the spread of the virus, he noted that Americans are feeling “COVID-19 fatigue.”
Many of Biden’s advisors have warned against reopening the economy too soon and relaxing mask mandates, predicting that a new wave of virus cases would arise.
However, Biden’s announcement of the April 19 deadline was meant to instil confidence in a public that has grown tired of the limitations, and it comes as states prepare to receive a flood of vaccine this week. During a weekly conference call with governors on Tuesday, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told them that over 28 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to states this week, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
According to Psaki, this distribution takes the total number of vaccine doses provided in the last three weeks to more than 90 million. On Monday alone, at least a dozen states made eligibility available to anyone 16 and older, and New Jersey and Oregon declared this week that all citizens 16 and older would be eligible on April 19.
By April 19, 90% of adults will be eligible for one of three approved COVID-19 vaccinations, as well as a vaccination site within 5 miles of their home, according to the president, who announced it just last week.
