Dr. Jerry Abraham, director of Kedren Vaccines, gives a COVID-19 vaccination right to Jose Guzman-Wug, 16, while his mother, Adriana Wug, watches Kedren Health on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.
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According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, half of all American adults have now received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, a major milestone in the country’s largest vaccine campaign.
According to the CDC, more than 129 million people 18 and older have received at least one injection, or 50.4% of the total adult population. More than 83 million adults, or 32.5% of the total adult population, are fully vaccinated with one of three US-approved vaccines
The milestone comes a day after the global death toll from the virus reached more than 3 million people, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, with global deaths averaging about 12,000 per day.
In the US, the number of daily new Covid-19 cases remains high nationwide. The country reports an average of about 68,000 new infections every day. CDC data shows an average of 3.3 million daily vaccine doses administered in the past week.
Covid-19 White House Response Coordinator Jeff Zients has said that the pause in Johnson & Johnson’s vaccinations, which occurred after reports of six cases of rare brain blood clots, would not delay the vaccination campaign as the country has ample supply of Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines. .
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House, said Sunday that he thinks the US is likely to resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine with a warning or restriction attached and is anticipating a decision as soon as Friday, when the vaccine advisory panel of the CDC meets to discuss the resumption. .
“I estimate we will continue to use it in some form or another,” Fauci said during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” ‘I seriously doubt if they just cancel it. I don’t think that’s going to happen. ‘