Pentagon to Deploy 1,100 Troops to Help COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

A member of the National Guard gives people direction standing in line at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx borough, New York, on Feb. 5, 2021. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced that the Pentagon had approved the deployment of 1,100 active-duty troops to assist with COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the United States, a number likely to rise in the coming weeks and months.

The pandemic has killed more than 447,000 Americans and thrown millions out of work.