After visiting a vaccination site in Virginia, US president Joe Biden announced that all American adults will be eligible to receive a COVID vaccine by April 19.
President, previously, had set the deadline of opening vaccine to all adults on the first of May.
He urged Americans to continue pursuing Pandemic safety measures as the country has not yet reached "the finish line" of the pandemic.
He said despite the vaccination being on record number, the battle against covid is "far from won" as the cases continue to surge,
Biden also urged local government (governors and mayors) to maintain or reinstate the mask mandates.
As of Tuesday, about 168 million people were administered vaccination shots while more than 219 million doses have been rolled out across the country.
/Next-COVID-Strain.jpeg "People walk past an advertisement warning about COVID-19 in Manchester, England, on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)")
/COVID-Global-Emergency-WHO.webp "Millions of cases are being reported each week, but surveillance has declined, making it difficult to get a full overview of the situation and how the virus is mutating. (Photo: Reuters)")
/WHO-COVID-END.jpg "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO, speaks with Charles Michel, EU Council President, during the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via AP)")
/Monkeypox-Outbreak-Health-Emergency.jpg "Daniel Rofin, 41, receives a vaccine against Monkeypox from a health professional in medical center in Barcelona. (Photo: AP)")
/South-American-Monkeypox-Cases.webp "The monkeypox virus has been found in 78 countries since early May according to the WHO [File: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]")
/Global-Health-Emergency-Monkeypox.jpg "Test tubes labelled \"Monkeypox virus positive\" are seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic)")
