The White House is directing $100 million of additional spending and deploying dozens of federal health workers to shore up vaccine outreach and Covid-19 tracking in areas where the Delta variant continues to surge
Kelsey Conner, a public health information specialist, speaks with Marjorie Strohl, 85, about a vaccination event on July 15, 2021 in Springfield, Mo. The state's governor, Mike Parson, has said he opposed any federal officials coming to help with the vaccination campaign.
Officials see local outreach as essential to increasing immunizations. The $100 million funding influx announced Thursday will give nearly 2,000 rural health clinics more resources to reach unvaccinated communities, Biden administration Covid-19 czar Jeff Zients said. The funding was originally allotted in the American Rescue Plan and will amount to nearly $50,000 for each clinic.
But surge teams have been slow to get established in some red states where skepticism about the federal pandemic response is high. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has said he opposed any federal officials coming to his state to help with the vaccination campaign, while South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster warned state agencies against working with anyone from the White House who is promoting vaccination.
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