US President Joe Biden said Thursday, January 21, that the total number of Covid-19 deaths in his country will likely exceed half a million next month, painting a grim picture of what he said will be a fierce battle.
Biden added in a meeting at the White House that the process of distributing vaccines to prevent the disease has so far failed.
The US President said that America recorded about 20% of all global Corona infections and that he would begin to provide about 100 million doses of the Corona vaccine within 100 days of his presidency.
Biden added that his administration will ask Congress to increase funding for medical personnel.
For his part, Biden signed an executive order encouraging safe travel to the United States and another to form a board for coronavirus testing.