All adult Americans to be eligible for Covid-19 vaccination by May 1: Joe Biden

US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 29,150,068 and 529,102, respectively.

US President Joe Biden has announced that all adult Americans will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination by May 1 with an aim to get the country, worst-hit by the pandemic, closer to normal by July 4th, Independence Day. In his first prime-time address to the nation on Thursday since assuming office in January, Biden also announced the deployment of more than 4,000 active-duty troops to support vaccination efforts, bringing the total to over 6,000. His speech comes a year to the day the outbreak was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.