Biden: All Americans must Be Offered the Right for Vaccine by May 1

According to the president, who first addressed his fellow citizens with a prime-time television address, the country will come closer to normalizing life by early July. President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Wednesday evening television for the first time, promising that his administration will do everything it can to ensure that every American has the opportunity to receive the coronavirus vaccine by May 1. Biden announced the start of a new phase in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and said that the country will move closer to resuming “normal life” - such as before the pandemic - in four months, by the US Independence Day, which is celebrated on July 4. “The Independence Day, which we can celebrate after this long, difficult year, will be truly special,” said the head of the White House. - After all, we will celebrate not only our independence as a nation, but also the fact that we are beginning to be more and more independent from this virus. But for this to happen, we must not lose our vigilance. " In the seven weeks since January 21, the day the president announced a new comprehensive strategy to tackle the pandemic, US residents received more than 81 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Joe Biden today outlined a new phase in his strategy to end the pandemic. Biden has pledged that his administration will do everything in the coming weeks to ensure that every American adult is eligible for the vaccine no later than May 1. Appropriate assignments and instructions will be issued to the authorities of all states, territories and tribal communities within the United States. In addition to boosting vaccine supplies, the Biden administration will increase the number of locations where Americans can vaccinate - soon, the authorities will supply millions of doses of vaccines to 950 public health centers, over 20,000 pharmacies, as well as almost 600 federal mass vaccination centers located in administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Defense, and other federal agencies in partnership with state governments. The administration will also increase the number of qualified professionals who are able to vaccinate - for example, dentists and medical college students will have the right to administer vaccines. The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a dedicated website for volunteers to help lead the campaign to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19. Another site will help US residents find vaccination sites closest to them. In addition, Americans without Internet access will be able to call a specialized call center that will provide advice and assistance in finding vaccination sites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will issue clear guidelines for people who have already been fully vaccinated. Another priority for the administration is to open schools, Biden said. Thanks to the Save America Plan adopted the day before, the Department of Education will soon begin distributing nearly $ 130 billion to safely reopen schools across the country. The funds, among other things, will be spent on expanding testing of schoolchildren and employees of educational institutions, as well as on the vaccination of teachers, who are among the priority categories of the population for vaccination. The President added that the authorities will continue to fight against COVID-19 mutations and their spread. $ 1.75 billion will be spent on a program for sequencing (sorting) virus samples to identify and combat mutations that aggravate the course of the disease or increase the infectiousness of the coronavirus.