Biden pledges 600m vaccine doses available by late July | First Thing

Joe Biden said that enough vaccine doses to inoculate every American would be available by late July. Plus: ferocious winter weather has killed 21 people and left millions without power

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Joe Biden laid out further plans for tackling the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, including a promise to make 600m doses of vaccines available by the end of July, enough to vaccinate every American, according to the president. Biden also said teachers should be moved up the hierarchy" of the vaccine rollout, as he predicted that the majority of elementary schools would reopen within his first 100 days in office.