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Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.
More than 5 million people, or nearly 8 per cent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.
Even as the country wrestles with the problem of millions of people who are wary about getting vaccinated at all, health authorities are confronting an emerging challenge of ensuring that those who do get inoculated are doing so fully.
Millions of Americans are skipping their second doses of COVID vaccines
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New York: Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their COVID-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.
More than 5 million people, or nearly 8 per cent of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Keri Wegg receives her second COVID-19 vaccine shot as husband Rodney watches at IU Health North Hospital in Carmel, Indiana.
Millions of Americans skipping their second doses of COVID vaccines
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Last Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 01:42 PM IST
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More than 5 million people, or nearly 8% of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Millions of Americans are not getting the second doses of their COVID-19 vaccines, and their ranks are growing.
More than 5 million people, or nearly 8% of those who got a first shot of the
Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is more than double the rate among people who got inoculated in the first several weeks of the nationwide vaccine campaign.
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More than 5 million people, or nearly 8% of those who got a first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, have missed their second doses, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.