COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
Opens to All US Citizens.
All adults in the United States
and Puerto Rico are now eligible
to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon,
Rhode Island and Vermont were the final states
to open up eligibility on Monday.
President Joe Biden had
initially set May 1 as the
deadline for all adults
to become eligible, .
but moved the date up to April 19
as vaccinations accelerated.
More than 131 million adults, or half of all American adults, have received at least one dose as of Sunday