Urgency of crisis demands quick action
Returning from a month-long holiday in the US, I was immediately struck by the urgency of the pollution crisis as I landed in Delhi, past midnight this week.
The latest 7-day average number of administered vaccine doses per day decreased by 55.3 per cent from the previous week, according to a weekly report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
As of 24 June, the 7-day average number of administered vaccine doses reported to the CDC per day was 0.37 million, according to the report released on Friday.
About 45.8 per cent of the US population was fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and 53.9 per cent of the population received at least one shot as of Saturday, CDC data showed.
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Roughly 152.2 million people were fully vaccinated. But some states, such as Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wyoming, had low vaccination rates.
A new CDC study showed adults aged 18 to 24, as well as non-Hispanic Black adults and those with less education, no insurance, and lower household incomes, had the lowest reported vaccination coverage and intent to get vaccinated.
The White House confirmed earlier this week that the country would not hit US President Joe Biden’s goal of getting 70 per cent of American adults to receive at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot by 4 July, the Independence Day.
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