In major milestone, US on cusp of 100 million COVID-19 shots
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Biden says the US will meet the goal Friday, six weeks before his self-imposed deadline of his 100th day as president.
The United States will have administered 100 million COVID-19 vaccinations as of Friday, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, reaching a self-imposed milestone six weeks ahead of schedule. On December 8, Biden made the goal of administering 100 million doses in his first 100 days, a goal set before the US had even one authorised vaccine for COVID-19, let alone the three that have now received emergency authorisation. By the time Biden was inaugurated on January 20, the US had already administered 20 million shots at a rate of about one million doses a day, sparking complaints at the time that Biden’s goal was not ambitious enough. Biden quickly revised it upward to 150 million doses in his first 100 days.
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