LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday began delivering shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and announced that service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.The expanded vaccination effort came as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with military commanders overseeing the COVID-19 response effort.
He was visiting the vaccination center in Los Angeles, the first staffed by the new active-duty military teams that are being developed.The Biden administration has said that delivering the vaccine to Americans is a top priority.
The Pentagon is ramping up the deployment of what federal authorities say could be up to 100 vaccination teams around the country.FILE - The.