Politico | Joe Biden sets sights on 1.5 million coronavirus vaccinations a day
- The new figure is a significant jump from the total of 100 million doses the US president was targeting for his first 100 days
- Biden is optimistic that the vaccine will be readily available to those who want it by sometime in the spring, bringing the country towards herd immunity
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on January 25, 2021.
US President Joe Biden said on Monday he was eyeing a more ambitious target for daily coronavirus vaccinations as parts of the country start to bump up against limitations on the number of shots they can administer.
Biden said he was hopeful that the US could ramp up its capacity to administer 1.5 million shots daily. That would be a significant jump from the policy of 100 million shots in 100 days that he made a tenet of his nascent administration.
“I think we may be able to get that to 1.5 million [shots] a day, rather than 1 million a day. But we have to meet that goal of a million a day,” Biden told reporters after signing an executive order tightening “Buy American” rules.
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Biden said he was optimistic that the vaccine would be readily available to those who want it by sometime in the spring.