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Pentagon deploys troops to fuel Covid-19 vaccine drive

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Covid-19.President Joe Biden has called for setting up 100 mass vaccination centres around the country within a month. Two of the five new military teams will go to vaccination centers opening in California.

Coronavirus senior adviser Andy Slavitt said military personnel will arrive at those centres in a little over a week. Three additional centres are expected to be announced soon.Also Read | Vaccination drive picks up slowlyThe Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked the Pentagon to supply as many as 10,000 service members to staff 100 centres.Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the initial five teams, but the others will be approved in separate tranches as FEMA identifies the other site locations.Each of the five military teams.

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