1,100 TROOPS TO HELP WITH VACCINATION

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden's administration announced that 1,110 active-duty troops will assist with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the U.S. Part of the group will arrive in California within the next 10 days.

The troops are to be broken into five teams, each with vaccinators, nurses and clinical staff. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain last week said the Federal Emergency Management Agency was working with the Pentagon to use 10,000 troops and open 100 centres across the country to increase the availability of vaccines.