The White House rejects the call to send more doses of vaccine to certain states

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The White House said Friday it intends to send additional staff to help with vaccinations in the affected states, but rejected calls to send more doses of vaccine.

“We will provide states with significant case growth with a set of additional tools to help them stop the spread,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff ZientsJeff ZientsWhy Some Republicans Believe Vaccination Passports Will Return to Arkansas Democrats End Mask Term, but Extends Vaccine Eligibility to All Adults Overnight Care: More Johnson & Johnson Doses Coming Next Week | Here are the schools again in session | WHO urges rich countries to donate MORE doses of vaccine said Friday.

This includes additional federal staff to help with vaccinations, as well as more testing capacity and more therapies to treat people with the virus.

But the offer will not include multiple doses of the vaccine itself, which Michigan officials in particular have requested.

Governor Michigan Gretchen WhitmerGretchen Whitmer: Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to send more vaccines to Michigan amid growing Biden cancels Trump-approved Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin Five states account for nearly 44 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the US (D) called President BidenJoe Biden, Anne Frank’s step-sister: Trump “obviously admired Hitler” Biden-GOP infrastructure speaks from a rocky start We must stop reducing China’s climate weakness MORE to send more doses, given the worrying increase in cases in the state, as well as a few prominent public health experts and members of the state congressional delegation.

Zients claimed that the vaccine is still needed all over the country.

“There are tens of millions of people across the country in every state and county who have not yet been vaccinated, and the fair and equitable way the vaccine is distributed is based on the adult population by state, tribe and territory,” he said. .

“It has been done and we will continue to do so,” he added. “The virus is unpredictable. We don’t know where the next increase in cases could occur.”

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