US Joe Biden sends senior officials to Mexico and Guatemala to address the migration crisis
US President Joe Biden promised on Thursday that 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered in his country before May, when his first 100 days in power will end.
Biden announced that goal, which is double the goal of 100 million doses he initially promised, during the
first press conference of his term.
"Now, today, I am establishing a second objective, and that is that we will have administered, in my first hundred days in office, 200 million doses," he stressed.
Biden acknowledged that it is an "ambitious" goal but showed his confidence that it is achievable.
So far, some
85.5 million people
(25.7% of the population) have received at least one dose, of which 46.4 million (14%) have already been fully inoculated, since December 14, 2020. when the first was injected.
The United States is the worst hit in the world by the coronavirus pandemic with more than 30 million cases and more than 545,000 deaths from the covid-19 disease, according to the independent count from Johns Hopkins University.
California is now the most affected state with 57,850 deaths, followed by New York (49,717), Texas (47,689), Florida (32,850), Pennsylvania (24,874), New Jersey (24,292) and Illinois (23,408).
The Biden White House predicts that a total of more than 600,000 people will die in the country from the virus.
Border
The president said Thursday that
"nothing has changed"
on the border with Mexico, where it faces a migration crisis due to the arrival of immigrant minors.
The increase in immigration and minors who arrive alone
"happens every year,"
said the president at the first press conference he has offered since his inauguration on January 20.
Afghanistan
Biden said Thursday that it would be
"difficult" to fulfill the commitment to withdraw US troops
from Afghanistan by May 1, but promised that the soldiers would "leave" the country.
During the first press conference of his term, Biden added that he does not believe that US troops will continue to be in Afghanistan next year.
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