The White House
2:35 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today, two months until July 4th, I’m here to report that we’re we’re in our vaccination program where we are and what comes next in an effort to get this country back closer to normal.
And first: Where are we? Well, as everyone knows, I promised that we’d administer 100 million shots in my first 100 days. After we met that goal, we doubled it to a a historic 200 million shots. By the time we reached 100 days last week, we had shattered that mark with over 220 million shots in arms.
far larger economic relief packages through Congress.
Customers await their orders at an outpost of Los Tacos No. 1 in New York’s Chelsea Market on Saturday. (Barbara Leonard photo/Courthouse News)
WASHINGTON (CN) Whetting the public’s appetite for his approach to rebuilding the U.S. economy two huge new spending bills worth nearly $4 trillion President Joe Biden touted the start of a new restaurant relief initiative in time for Cinco de Mayo.
The restaurant industry has taken a molly-whopping since the pandemic began, with over 2 million restaurant-based jobs drying up in 2020. Through Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which passed in March, a pool of some $28.6 billion was carved out just for restaurant relief.
Biden recognizes it will be hard to convince everyone to get vaccinated
From CNN s Jason Hoffman
President Biden recognized it will be hard to convince all Americans to get vaccinated, however he said he hopes those individuals will be convinced to do so by recognizing the risk they pose to others if they don’t get the vaccine.
“We know we re going to get to a place where the doubters exist or the people who just are, I don t want to say lazy, just not sure how to get to where they want to go. It s going to be hard,” Biden said responding to a question on how difficult the next phase of the country’s vaccination efforts will be.
Updated 12:03 AM ET, Wed May 5, 2021
What you need to know
India surpassed 20 million Covid-19 cases Tuesday as a second wave of infections continues to paralyze the world s second-most populous country.
Multiple states in India will go into complete lockdown in the coming days.
Countries in South Asia are taking precautions as Covid-19 cases rise around the region.
In the US, Pfizer said it expects to submit for FDA emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 2 to 11 in September.
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NOW: Biden announces new goal of administering at least one Covid-19 shot to 70% of US adults by July 4
Holyoke Community College grad overcomes adversity; earns spot in Biden Administration
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Meghan Maury, a 2004 Holyoke Community College graduate, has been named a senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. (Photo courtesy of Meghan Maury)
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By Laurie Loisel | Special to The Republican
Hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, he told nearly 1,000 new White House staff and political appointees, “We work for the people.” This was a pandemic-era ceremony in which faces appeared in small boxes on several large screens in the State Dining Room.
Meghan Maury, a 2004 Holyoke Community College graduate, was among those whose faces graced the screens that day, taking an oath as senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau.