White House Predicts Full Vaccine Supply by End of May
President Joe Biden on Tuesday moved up the timeframe for increasing the supply of COVID-19 vaccines by two months. “We’re now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May,” Biden said at the White House,
Less than a month earlier, the Biden administration had predicted the U.S. would have enough vaccine supply for 300 million Americans by the end of July.
Biden’s announcement came as the White House works to increase production of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID vaccine, the most recent to receive approval for emergency use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
“That’s progress, important progress,” Biden said. “But it’s not enough.”
The president said the U.S. still is in dire need of vaccinators who can actually administer the shots, along with increasing the number of places where people can go to get vaccinated.