Covid-19: in the United States, Joe Biden wants to extend vaccination to adolescents
US President Joe Biden (here in April 2021) now wants to vaccinate young people and people in rural areas.
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In the United States, the pace of vaccination slowed down, so Joe Biden changed his strategy.
The president wants more vaccination sites in rural areas and more young people vaccinated.
Joe Biden even says he is in favor of immediate vaccination of adolescents.
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with our correspondent in San Francisco,
Eric de Salve
The United States is ready, says Joe Biden… We must vaccinate 12-15 year olds as early as next week, if possible.
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We are ready to immediately transform 20,000 pharmacies into vaccination sites for these adolescents across the country, as soon as the health agency authorizes it
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All Covid-19 indicators are turning green: drop in contamination in 40 states for two weeks, some 220 million doses already distributed and 70% of seniors fully vaccinated but one concern remains: the pace of vaccination is decreasing.
So instead of the huge vaccinodromes that no longer fill up, Joe Biden now wants to increase the number of small nearby vaccination sites, in rural areas, in Republican America, where the skeptics are more numerous, with an emphasis on the awareness of the youngest.
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Now we have to make the same progress in the under 65s.
There are still a lot of young people, especially those in their 20s and 30s who think they don't need the vaccine.
I will be very clear with them: you need the vaccine,
”insists the American president.
Joe Biden's goal: 70% of adults vaccinated by July 4 for a return to normal at the time of the American National Day.
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