ET Covid-19 Live Updates: Biden Plans to Release Nearly All Vaccine Doses to States The move would break with U.S. practice to hold back supply to ensure timely second doses. Biden plans to release nearly all available vaccine doses in an attempt to speed delivery. As of Thursday, the Trump administration had shipped more than 21 million vaccine doses, and millions more were already in the federal government’s hands. Releasing the vast majority of the vaccine doses raises the risk that second doses would not be administered on time. They had an urgent desire for the coronavirus vaccine, and surely there was a way to gain access to it immediately.

Source: International New York Times January 08, 2021 10:04 UTC