The White House announced Wednesday that it will open more “community vaccination centers” in schools, universities and stadiums in several tough states, in a bid to increase their vaccination campaign.
“These centers are helping to provide people with new, more efficient places to get vaccinated,” White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said at a keynote news conference.
He said the U.S. federal government is going to partner with the state of California to set up two coronavirus vaccination sites to serve two of the toughest communities in the state.
Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, said Americans should continue to follow social distance guidelines and said there is no harm if people want to make a ‘double mask’ for extra protection [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]
Zients said the sites will be located at Oakland Coliseum and California State University, Los Angeles, in the East Oakland and East Los Angeles areas. The facilities will be staffed by officials from the Department of Defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Zients called these sites “just the beginning” of Biden ‘s administration effort to speed up vaccination speeds, especially in areas with serious illness and death.
He said Biden administration is already on track to meet the goal of administering 100 million views in the 100 days of supplementation, based on the seven-day average of daily dose administration, without 1.3 million doses entered people’s arms from 27 January – 2 February.
Rachel Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said new COVID-19 cases and hospitals appear to be on the way down but warned that new variations of the emerging virus across the country could threaten it. that progressive movement.
Officials said Biden administration is already on track to meet the goal of managing 100 million views in 100 days [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]
Although teachers are being prioritized as “essential workers” under the CDC’s vaccination plans, many are still receiving doses as the country continues to suffer from a shortage of vaccine supplies.
And as some teacher unions are stepping in to resume personal instruction before teachers receive the vaccine, Walensky said schools can reopen safely even if teachers are not still in place.
“Teacher immunization is not essential for the safe reopening of schools,” she said.
Walensky cited CDC data showing that social distance and mask wear significantly reduce the spread of the virus in school settings.
Biden has pledged to ensure that almost all primary schools open for personal instruction in the first 100 days of his administration.
“It’s time for Joe Biden to stand up and say ‘children are the most important thing,'” said Michael Bloomberg, a mayor of New York City and a primary school candidate. , in an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday.
“And the teachers just have to pull it up and stand up and provide education. Another thing, those kids have no chance. What is happening to them is a catastrophe, ”he said.
‘It’s time for Joe Biden to stand up and say’ children are the most important thing, ‘said Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City [Logan Cyrus/AFP]
Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease expert, said Americans should continue to follow social distance guidelines and said there is no harm if people want to wear a “double mask” for extra protection.
Although the US currently only approves the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, Fauci praised international efforts to develop vaccine candidates such as Sputnik V of Russia and Sinovac in China.
He recalled that the Biden administration had backtracked on Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization, of which the U.S. is the largest donor, and a move that was seen as a broader U.S. backdrop from multilateral groups.
“We are in the United States… back on the global scene,” he said, adding that the U.S. will join a COVAX vaccination project that aims to deliver coronavirus vaccines to poor countries.
“I want to remind people that this is a global effort and the more we take control of the virus around the world and we will be part of that process … the better we will be, “said Fauci.