On Tuesday, Pres. Biden speaking from the White House reportedly told that his administration is laying out a series of steps to make Coronavirus vaccine to those community where it had not been readily available. “ Biden also highlighted door-to-door, community level outreach and mobile vaccination clinics as ways to bring the vaccine to more Americans this summer,” writes The Hill.

The White House coronavirus response team is reportedly planning to ‘direct more vaccines to doctors’ offices and pediatricians so that individuals, specifically those ages 12-18, can have access to the shots’.

Our fight against this virus is not over. Right now, as I speak to you, millions of Americans are still unvaccinated and unprotected. And because of that, their communities are at risk. Their friends are at risk, the people that they care about are at risk. This is an even bigger concern because of the delta variant.

Pres. Biden at the White House Remarks (source: The Hill)

Additionally, the White House is reportedly deploying federal ‘surge response teams’ to help local officials mitigate the spread of the fast-moving delta variant areas of the country with low vaccination rates.

• White House signals new COVID-19 strategy as delta variant spreads
• Rates of new Covid-19 cases are almost 3 times higher in states with low vaccination rates, new data shows

CNN’s  Holly Yan and Madeline Holcombe write that ‘rates of new Covid-19 cases are almost 3 times higher in states with low vaccination rates’. Citing new data from Johns Hopkins University, Holly and Madeline write “States with below-average vaccination rates have almost triple the rate of new Covid-19 cases compared to states with above-average vaccination rates”. For example, Arkansas, where less than 35% of residents were fully vaccinated as of last Sunday, averaged 16 new cases per 100,000 residents every day over the past week.

According to The Hill, the White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday briefing “As the federal government, we don’t have the luxury of feeling frustrated or feeling upset about individuals not getting the vaccine. It is ultimately up to individuals, and we certainly recognize that as well. But we’re going to continue to press as hard as we can to use the best practices to continue to increase the vaccination rates around the country.”