Biden to announce U.S. secured another 100 million doses of J&J vaccine

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President Biden intends to announce Wednesday that his administration will secure another 100 million doses of the single-shot vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

He is expected to preview the plans during an afternoon meeting with executives from Johnson & Johnson and Merck, just over a week after announcing that his administration had helped broker a deal between the two rival companies to speed up production of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.

Johnson & Johnson has already agreed to supply the United States with 100 million doses by the end of June, and its latest goal is to produce 94 million of those doses by the end of May, according to officials familiar with the estimates.

Between those doses and the supply of the two-dose regimens sufficient to cover 200 million people by the end of May, the country is expected to have enough to cover everyone currently eligible for a vaccine by then. The additional 100 million doses would be delivered in the second half of the year, according to a senior administration official.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/10/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-

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1. Planning. The Biden Administration has it.

Amazing what can be accomplished with competent people at the helm.