Biden: "200 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Administered Within 100 Days of Inauguration"

Raise the Existing Goal to Twice as High

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] U.S. President Joe Biden has significantly raised his plan to administer 100 million doses of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine within his first 100 days in office to 200 million doses.

On the 25th (local time), President Biden announced this plan during his first press conference since taking office, stating, "I know the ambition is high. It's double the original goal," and added, "But no country in the world is even close to what we are doing, and I believe we can do it."

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President Biden's 100th day in office will be at the end of next month. The U.S. achieved the goal of 100 million doses administered in just 58 days after Biden took office. Accordingly, additional targets have been set to further accelerate vaccine distribution.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of the previous day, approximately 169 million doses of the vaccine have been distributed nationwide, with over 130 million doses, or 77%, administered.

About 85.5 million people, representing 26% of the U.S. population, have received at least one dose, and more than 46 million people, about 14% of the population, have completed their vaccination.

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