Biden says US has purchased ‘enough vaccine supplies to vaccinate all Americans’
12 February 2021 |
12:35 pm
US President Joe Biden says his government has signed deals to acquire 200 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses, after touring the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.
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