Covid-19: According to Biden, the United States will have enough vaccines for the entire population by the end of May

US President Joe Biden announces that his country should have enough doses by the end of May to vaccinate its entire population against Covid-19, in Washington on March 2, 2021. REUTERS - Kevin Lamarque

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Americans are getting vaccinated faster and faster.

On Monday March 1, the United States began distributing its third vaccine against the coronavirus, that of Johnson & Johnson.

With this release, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, March 2 that the country could have enough doses to immunize the entire American adult population by the end of May.

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Éric de Salve

This third Johnson & Johnson vaccine is easier to store - in a simple fridge - and easier to administer: in a single dose.

Its authorization this weekend by the US agency FDA

(Food & Drug Administration) makes US President Joe Biden very optimistic:

“ 

With the acceleration of the process that I have ordered, I am pleased to announce today that this country will have enough vaccines for all of the adult American population by the end of May.

I repeat, by the end of May

!

It is progress, significant progress.

 "

But beware: this acceleration does not mean that all

American adults will be well vaccinated in May

, only that all the doses will be available to do so.

So far, the White House's goal has only been to get those 600 million doses of vaccine by the end of July.

Because the logistical challenge to distribute them remains enormous: currently,

15% of the American population has already received their first dose

of vaccine.

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Covid-19: the United States authorizes the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

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