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Mayor Bowser Thanks Biden for COVID-19 Vaccine Commitment to DC

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed her administration’s gratitude to President Joe Biden for his pledge of increasing the District’s COVID-19 vaccine allotment by 15 percent over the next three weeks.

“Mayor Bowser and DC Health, led by Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, recognized this announcement as a promising indicator of the new Administration’s commitment to increasing the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine,” Bowser’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. “And while the Mayor will continue to advocate for Washington, DC to receive more doses, the District continues to make progress in vaccinating District residents and workers.”

Biden’s promise came in response to the city’s call for more coronavirus vaccine and Nesbitt’s laments about the lack of doses in the District.

DC Public Schools (DCPS) teachers and staff started getting vaccinated on Tuesday, January 26. DC Health will also start inoculating residents of two DC Housing Authority senior properties.

Department of Corrections employees and residents will also be vaccinated soon.

Mayor Bowser received her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at the Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center on January 25.

Populations currently eligible for receiving the vaccine in DC are:

  • Individuals who work in health care settings
  • Members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
  • Residents of long-term and intermediate care facilities and residents of community residential facilities/group homes
  • DC residents who are 65 years old and older
  • Individuals experiencing homelessness
  • Members of the Metropolitan Police Department
  • Personnel responsible for “continuity of the District Government”
  • Teachers and staff who are, or will be, working in person at a traditional or public charter school

 

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