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Biden outlines COVID-19 vaccine goal: 100 million shots in 100 days – Metro US

Biden outlines COVID-19 vaccine goal: 100 million shots in 100 days

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces members of his health team
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces members of his health team in Wilmington, Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would aim to get 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses injected into Americans in his first 100 days in office, a key plank of his plan to fight the pandemic.

Biden also urged the U.S. Congress to approve more funding to deal with the coronavirus health crisis.

(Reporting by Simon Lewis in Wilmington; Additional reporting by Jason Lange in Washington)