Biden says vaccines available for all Americans by end July

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/afp/02/17/biden.jpg"/><figcaption>US President Joe Biden holds a face mask as he participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 16, 2021. <em>Saul Loeb, Agence France-Presse</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MILWAUKEE - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that all Americans will have access to Covid-19 vaccines before August.</p><p>Biden has previously predicted that vaccines might be available to all by spring, but the White House has recently toned down its optimism, citing difficulties both with availability of vaccines and ability to deliver them.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/12/21/biden-says-us-has-acquired-200-million-more-covid-vaccine-doses">Biden says US has acquired 200 million more COVID vaccine doses</a></li></ul><p>Asked when all Americans would be vaccinated, Biden told a CNN town hall meeting with members of the public: &quot;By the end of July this year.&quot;</p><p>&quot;By the end of July we&#x27;ll have 600 million doses, enough to vaccinate every American,&quot; he said.</p><p>Biden also said that he wanted a faster return of children to schools and that he backs vaccinations for teachers. Authorities should &quot;move them up in the hierarchy.&quot;</p><p>Asked at the town hall session when life would get back to normal, Biden said &quot;by next Christmas we&#x27;ll be in a very different circumstance.&quot;</p><p>&quot;A year from now I think that there&#x27;ll be significantly fewer people that have to be socially distanced, have to wear a mask,&quot; Biden said, adding that he couldn&#x27;t be sure.</p><div><strong>sms/ft</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/10/21/california-surpasses-new-york-as-us-state-with-most-covid-19-deaths">California surpasses New York as US state with most COVID-19 deaths</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WiqHQGh1ikM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MILWAUKEE - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that all Americans will have access to Covid-19 vaccines before August.</p>

MILWAUKEE - US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that all Americans will have access to Covid-19 vaccines before August.

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Biden says vaccines available for all Americans by end July

Biden says vaccines available for all Americans by end July

Agence France-Presse

Published Feb 17, 2021 01:12 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 17, 2021 01:13 PM PHT

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