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All adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine April 19 official says

  President Joe Biden speaks during an update on national efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. All adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by April 19  The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden's plans before the formal announcement. Biden was scheduled to visit a COVID-19 vaccination site in Virginia on Tuesday, followed by remarks at the White House updating the nation on the administration's progress against the coronavirus. With states gradually expanding eligibility beyond such priority groups as older people and essential, front-line workers, the president plans to announce that every adult in the U.S. will be eligible by April 19 to be vaccinated, a White House official said.  The timeline moved up his previous goal of making all U.S. adults eligible for a vaccine by May 1  New York and Maryland will open vaccine eligibility to those who are 16 years or older on Tuesday, the day after 12 states did the same as the country continues in ...