While 45% of adults have received a first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 in France, the milestone of 50% of fully vaccinated adults (two doses) was crossed Tuesday in the United States, announced the White House .
More than 60% of adults (nearly 160 million people) have already received at least one dose of one of the three vaccines authorized in the country, as indicated by Vice-President Kamala Harris. on his Twitter account.
More than 60% of American adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine.
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“Now 50% of all American adults are fully vaccinated!
Tweeted Cyrus Shahpar, in charge of data monitoring for the White House.
This means that these people received both injections of the vaccine from Moderna or Pfizer / BioNTech, or the single injection of the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
Tuesday just in: + 898K doses reported administered over yesterday's total.
Last Tuesday was 1.1M.
Now 50% of all American adults are fully vaccinated!
- Cyrus Shahpar (@ cyrusshahpar46) May 25, 2021
After a sluggish start at the end of 2020, the mass vaccination campaign was spearheaded by the administration of President Joe Biden.
The pace of this immunization campaign was however on a downward slope between mid-April and mid-May, as it was necessary to reach the most skeptical or indifferent.
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However, the number of daily vaccinations has recently started to increase slightly.
Vaccination with Pfizer's remedy was opened to adolescents from the age of 12 about two weeks ago, and many incentive programs have been set up for vaccinated people (lotteries, etc.).
The president has set a goal for 70% of adults in the United States to have received at least one dose by the July 4th National Day.