President Joe Biden is calling on states and local governments to join those that are already handing out dollars for shots. Minnesota's $100 incentive started Friday, although several people who showed up at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to get jabbed with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine hadn't heard about the money. Turning to such measures suggests that governments are facing a level of desperation in trying to get shots into arms, he said. California awarded $116.5 million in gift cards and prizes — the nation's biggest pot of vaccine prize money. State and local governments can use federal American Rescue Plan relief funding to provide the $100, according to the statement.

Source: ABC News July 30, 2021 21:29 UTC