CDC distributes $3 billion for vaccine preparedness

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is doling out more than $3.1 billion in federal funding under the last round of coronavirus relief legislation to help states and major cities administer vaccinations to their populations.

In press releases to local media, the CDC said it would distribute tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, based on a state's population, to prepare for mass vaccination campaigns set to begin this month. President Biden plans to announce today that he will make all adults over the age of 16 eligible to receive a vaccine by April 19, moving up a previously scheduled deadline of May 1.

CDC will send grants approved under the American Rescue Plan to 64 states, territories and major cities, ranging from $1.1 million to American Samoa and the Northern Marianas Islands to $357 million to the state of California, and more than $100 million each to Florida, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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