ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday said 27 million COVID-19 vaccine doses will be distributed to U.S. states and other localities this week, including 4 million doses from Johnson & Johnson.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients updated the nation’s governors on the vaccine supply in a call earlier Tuesday, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on board Air Force One.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu; writing by Susan Heavey; editing by Chris Reese)