All US Adults Will Be Eligible For Covid-19 Vaccine By 19 April: President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden announced Tuesday (6 April) that all American adults will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccine by 19 April.

Biden announced the new timetable after his visit to a vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia, moving up his original deadline of 1 May by nearly two weeks, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Biden said that 150 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered within his first 75 days in office, in line with a stated goal of 200 million shots by his 100th day in office.

A few weeks ago, Biden called on states, tribes and territories to make all US adults eligible for vaccination no later than 1 May.

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