The president of U.S Joe Biden, announced on Thursday that his government has entered into agreements to purchase 200 million additional doses of vaccines COVID-19
“This afternoon we signed definitive contracts for 100 million additional doses from the laboratory Modern and 100 million more vaccines Pfizerhe said after a tour of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) headquarters, near Washington.
“We are now on track to have enough supplies to (vaccinate) 300 million Americans by the end of July,” he added.
The Biden administration said last month it is looking for these deals, which will increase the stock of vaccines in the US by 50%.
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The vaccination campaign in America got off to a rocky start in December, but has since improved: at least 34.7 million people have already received one of two doses of the vaccination, about 10% of the population.
In total, according to official figures, 46.3 million doses have already been administered and 68.2 million doses have already been distributed.
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Thousands of pharmacies made agreements on Thursday to start injecting the next day.
The federal government has also used emergency legislation to increase vaccine production, opened massive stadium vaccination centers, and launched a separate program to reach disadvantaged communities.
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