Texas announced on Tuesday that all grownup residents within the state will be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations beginning on Monday. Texas is the newest state to broaden vaccine eligibility to all adults forward of a May 1 deadline set by President Biden.

“With every dose, Texas gets closer to normal and protects more lives from COVID-19 hospitalization and death,” the state’s well being division stated in a Twitter post.

West Virginia, Alaska and Mississippi are the one states the place all adults are at the moment eligible. Others, like Texas, have introduced expansions for a future date or are extra steadily increasing eligibility.