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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 1 - 2, 2021

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon (above) to step in to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to help meet Biden's goal of 150 million shots a day 


 * Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Thursday it had received a request from FEMA to assist with getting shots in the arms of Americans 
 * He said it is evaluating the request to see what 'kinds of support it can provide' 
 * Kirby said that 'given the significance of the request it will be reviewed urgently but carefully' to determine what military assets can be safely made available 
 * The Pentagon did not go into detail on how many troops could be involved 
 * Kirby said later that it will likely involve a mix of active-duty National Guard and reserve troops performing 'a variety of coronavirus related tasks' 
 * White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said the plan is for the Pentagon to provide 10,000 troops and help open up 100 vaccination centers nationwide 
 * President Biden has vowed to embark on a 'full scale war-time effort' to beat the pandemic that has so far killed more than 420,000 Americans 
 * Biden on Monday upped his COVID-19 vaccination goal to 1.5 million doses every day - equivalent to 150 million in his first 100 days in office 
 * To date, just 27.3 million doses have been administered nationwide in the more than six weeks since the first American got a shot on December 14 
 * That said, an average of 1.26 million doses are now being administered per day

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has asked the Pentagon to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine to meet Joe Biden's goal of 1.5 million shots a day. 

The Pentagon's top spokesman announced Thursday it had received a request to assist with getting shots in the arms of Americans across different parts of the country. 

'The Department of Defense has received a request from FEMA for assistance in administering COVID-19 vaccine at various locations across the country. 

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