But Jeff Zients, the White House’s coronavirus coordinator, told Whitmer the Biden administration is not inclined to change its formula for allocating vaccines. He also echoed Biden’s call for state and local leaders to reinstate mask mandates and pause their reopening plans. Much of the increase comes from a significant boost of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine, the supply of which is being split evenly between states and pharmacies, Zients told governors. ADEarlier this month, Whitmer loosened capacity limits for restaurants and other businesses, and eased restrictions on both indoor and outdoor gatherings. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive, told reporters last week that there was no single metric officials were using to decide whether to reimpose restrictions.

Source: Washington Post March 30, 2021 20:54 UTC