Biden also confirmed his intention to do it again in 2024
At his first press conference as president, Joe Biden announced that he doubled the administration’s vaccination target to 200m in his first 100 days.
“I know it’s ambitious and twice as much as our original goal, but the rest of the world isn’t even close to what we’re doing,” Biden said. Ta.
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In December, Biden announced his target for the 100m jab. This was announced at the beginning of March 60 days before the oval office.
The new target corresponds to a continuation of the current US rate of vaccinations (2.5m per day) by the end of next month.
Biden has also confirmed that $1 billion (£7.2 billion) will be allocated to expanding access to vaccinations in high-risk communities.
More than 545,000 Americans have died since the beginning of the pandemic.
The federal government has signed a contract with Johnson & Johnson for the first 100m by the end of June, with the first 100m being expected.
