President Joe Biden on Friday told reporters that he's planning to request more money from Congress to develop a new coronavirus vaccine.
"I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress a request for additional funding for a new vaccine that is ne- — necessary — that works," the official White House transcript reads.
"Tentatively, it is recommended that — it will likely be recommended that everybody get it no matter whether they’ve gotten it before or not."
Biden:
"I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress, a request for additional funding for NEW VACCINE...Tentatively it is recommended, it would likely be recommended, everybody get it… whether they got before or not” 🤡pic.twitter.com/7l3Mgr6bV5
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The announcement follows a recorded rise in Covid-19 cases in some regions, which has been accompanied by the return of mask mandates and cancelled classes by some colleges and businesses. --->READ MORE HERE
President Joe Biden tentatively suggested Friday that people should plan to receive another COVID-19 booster shot in response to a new rising variant.
Biden, who is scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., from vacation Saturday, briefly spoke to reporters Friday following an exercise class in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
"I signed off this morning on a proposal to present to the Congress requests for additional funding for a new vaccine," the president claimed when pressed on a rash of new COVID-19 cases in the United States.
Biden said he "tentatively" plans to recommend people receive another round of shots but has not made a final determination yet.
There have only been 12 global reported cases of the new BA.2.86 variant. The new mutation does not appear to make people sicker than the omicron variant, though experts say it is highly contagious and seems to be more resistant to previous iterations of the vaccine.
Though only three BA.2.86 cases have been registered within the United States, the country is seeing an uptick in the XBB and EG.5 variants. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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