A U.S. Army soldier from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, immunizes Jacklina Méndez with the COVID-19 vaccine on the north campus of Miami Dade College on March 9, 2021 in North Miami, Florida.
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The Biden administration will allow a wide range of medical workers, including dentists, veterinarians, EMTs and medical students, to begin administering features of Covid-19 as part of its “war” effort to bring the nation closer to normal. during the summer.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is using its authority under the Public Preparedness and Emergency Preparedness Act to authorize more medical professionals and qualified students to administer the shootings, the agency reported Friday.
This means that dentists, EMTs, midwives, optometrists, paramedics, nurses, podiatrists, respiratory therapists and veterinarians can begin administering Covid-19 vaccines nationwide, according to HHS.
It also authorizes “medical, nursing and other health students in the professions listed in the PREP Act with adequate professional training and supervision to serve as vaccinators,” the statement said.
The move comes after President Joe Biden announced Thursday evening that he will lead all U.S. states, tribes and territories so that all adults over the age of 18 can be eligible for coronavirus vaccines on May 1. May.
The president, during his first early speech to the nation on the occasion of the pandemic’s one-year anniversary, said the goal is for Americans to be able to gather in small, face-to-face groups to celebrate on July 4th.
“That doesn’t mean everyone will get a shot right away, but May 1 is the date all adults will be able to sign up to get the shot,” Biden covid Jeff Zients said Friday at a meeting informative. “By the end of May, we expect to have a sufficient supply of vaccines for all adults in this country.”
The United States now administers an average of 2.2 million vaccines a week. Currently, about 65 percent of Americans age 65 and older are inoculated, Zients said. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a quarter of adults over the age of 18 have been given at least one vaccine.
“We’re moving forward, but there’s more work to be done,” he said.
On Monday, the CDC released its first set of guidelines for fully vaccinated people, which it says can now be mixed with other vaccinated people inside without masks or social distances.