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President Joe Biden is talking Friday at Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan as his administration works to ramp up the availability of doses within the U.S.
Earlier within the day, administration officers stated the large winter storms throughout the Midwest and Texas have delayed the supply of 6 million Covid-19 vaccine doses this week, affecting each state within the U.S. The backlog represents three days’ value of delayed shipments, Andy Slavitt, White Home senior advisor for Covid response, stated throughout a press briefing.
Slavitt additionally introduced that the administration is working with Florida and Pennsylvania to open 5 extra vaccination facilities.
4 of the 5 vaccination facilities will probably be within the Florida cities of Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando and Tampa, he stated, including the 4 websites can have the capability to vaccinate as much as 12,000 individuals per day. A fifth middle in Philadelphia will have the ability to vaccinate 6,000 individuals per day, he stated.
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