Next week, the administration is sending out 5.7 million doses of the Moderna vaccine and 4.3 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
This purchase raises the federal government's total vaccine order from 400 million current doses to 600 million doses, which would allow the federal government to vaccinate 300 million Americans, a senior Biden administration official told CBS News on Tuesday.The newly-purchased doses — which will be produced "over the course of the summer" — does not, as of now, move up the timeline for all Americans to receive a vaccine if they want one."But with the announcement today, we have now purchased enough vaccine to vaccinate 300 million Americans, that's good news." .
Perna, who is overseeing Operation Warp Speed, the national vaccine distribution program launched by the Trump administration.
Biden administration officials also told governors that the federal government plans to continue with per-capita distribution of the vaccine instead of accelerating distribution to states with faster, more efficient plans — an idea that had been floated in the closing weeks of the Trump administration