Biden to use Defense Production Act for vaccine distribution

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16 Jan 2021 0 shares 1 views

Biden to use Defense Production Act for vaccine distribution

Biden to use Defense Production Act for vaccine distribution

CBS News

Published 16 Jan 2021

President-elect Joe Biden is pushing ahead with plans to activate the Defense Production Act and ramp up the national supply of COVID-19 vaccines the moment he takes office next week. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.

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