New York (AFP)

The new American president's goal of injecting 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine during the first 100 days of his mandate is "feasible", said Sunday Anthony Fauci, who will become Joe Biden's senior advisor on the Covid -19 after being that of Donald Trump.

"The feasibility is quite clear," insisted on the NBC channel, Dr. Fauci, face of the fight against the virus in the United States since the start of the pandemic.

"There is no doubt about it. It is doable."

If two vaccines have been developed, tested and validated by the health authorities in record time, the pace of vaccination, deemed too slow, is criticized in the United States.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the largest federal public health agency in the United States, 31.1 million doses have already been delivered, but less than 40% have been administered (12.2 million).

In addition, some states, including New York, have warned that they risk running out of doses next week, due to a lack of sufficient deliveries coordinated by the federal government, after having significantly accelerated their vaccination campaign.

At the same time, the country is experiencing the worst phase of the pandemic to date.

The United States again recorded a new death record on Tuesday, with 4,470 dead in 24 hours.

Over the last five days, the total has reached almost 20,000 deaths.

Joe Biden's future chief of staff, Ron Klain, admitted on Sunday that he expected the threshold of 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 to be crossed in February (more than 395,000 for the moment).

"The pandemic will get worse before things get better," he warned on CNN.

To meet the goal of 100 million doses, Ron Klain indicated that the Biden government could rely on a law authorizing to force private companies to produce certain goods in emergency, the Defense Production Act.

The 46th President of the United States also plans to mobilize the National Guard and the Emergency Management Agency to increase the number of vaccination points.

"It will take a lot of effort, but we can do it," said future director of the Centers for Disease Control, Rochelle Walensky, on CBS, about the 100 million doses administered in 100 days.

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