All US Adults Now Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine: 'It’s Free, It’s Convenient'

All adults living in the U.S. are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, President Joe Biden announced Sunday.

In a video posted by the White House on Saturday, Biden announced that adults over the age of 16 in all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, meeting the April 19 deadline that Biden set two weeks ago.

“Folks, I have good news,” Biden said at the beginning of the video. “Everybody is eligible, as of today, to get the vaccine. We have enough of it; you need to be protected, and you need, in turn, to protect your neighbors and your family. So please, get the vaccine.”

The president also appeared on NBC’s “Roll Up Your Sleeves,” where he encouraged Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

“It’s free. It’s convenient and it’s the most important thing you can do to protect yourself from Covid-19,” he said.

The U.S. is currently administrating an average of 3.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine per day. Data released by the CDC also showed that over 132 million adults have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with more than 85 million adult Americans fully vaccinated.

On Monday, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont opened vaccinations to all adults, becoming the last states to do so.

“It’s truly historic that we have already reached this milestone,” Dr. Nandita Mani, the associate medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Washington Medical Center, told The New York Times.

The expansion of vaccine eligibility comes as public health experts warn Americans to continue observing preventive measures as the U.S. records an average of 67,000 new cases daily.