Biden forges new $475M cam­paign to dri­ve up­take of Pfiz­er and Mod­er­na's bi­va­lent Covid vac­cines

As on­ly about 11% of Amer­i­cans have so far re­ceived the bi­va­lent boost­er shots from Pfiz­er and Mod­er­na, and on­ly 30% of those over 65 years of age, the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion on Tues­day launched a 6-week, $475 mil­lion push to in­crease those num­bers as tens of mil­lions of jabs sit on shelves.

The Biden team not­ed that there are now more than 70,000 lo­ca­tions of­fer­ing the up­dat­ed vac­cines, and HHS is ex­pand­ing to mo­bile and rur­al set­tings with more flex­i­ble or­der­ing op­tions for providers.

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