President Biden detailed a plan Thursday to raise Covid vaccination rates, pushing employers to immunize their staff and mandating shots for federal workers.
sternly outlined a broad plan Thursday to boost Covid-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. as cases plateau at dangerously high rates, pressuring private employers to immunize their workforce as well as mandating the shots for federal employees, contractors and health-care workers.
"Despite having an unprecedented and successful vaccination program, despite the fact that for almost five months, free vaccines have been available at 80,000 different locations, we still have nearly 80 million Americans who have failed to get the shot," said Biden, who was clearly frustrated with the nation's slow progress on vaccines.
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