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Biden takes steps to boost number of vaccine doses sent to states

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is increasing the weekly supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses sent to states by about 16 percent, part of a range of new steps aimed at improving the distribution of vaccines across the country. The supply of vaccines going to states will increase from 8.6 million to 10 million doses per week for at least the next three weeks, officials said, due to releasing more doses of the Moderna vaccine. States, who have been left to carry out the challenging task of actually