JUST IN: The Biden administration is boosting the weekly supply of COVID-19 vaccines to states and territories by 16% next week and plans to give governors more of a heads up on forthcoming allocations of the shots, multiple state officials briefed by the White House tell me.
Vaccine supply to states, territories and Indian tribes will climb to 10 million doses next week, up from 8.6 million and continue at that rate for the next 3 weeks. Governors will be given a 3-week forecast of vaccine allocations, giving more time to prep distribution plans.
President Biden is expected to announce the changes in the country’s vaccine distribution plan at a White House event later Tuesday.
Next week, the federal government is sending out 5.7 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 4.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, state officials say.
Governors of both parties were being briefed Tuesday afternoon by Jeff Zients, WH COVID coordinator, @CDCDirector and Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna, who is overseeing Operation Warp Speed, the national vaccine distribution program launched by the Trump administration.
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