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Puerto Rico had been celebrating one of the most successful vaccination campaigns among the states and U.S. territories. But in the face of a highly contagious new variant, a high vaccination rate is not that meaningful anymore, a Harvard expert said.
May 3, 2021
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In this March 10 file photo, people stand in line outside the Maria Simmons elementary school waiting to be inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of a mass vaccination campaign, in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory.
Now, a spike in cases and hospitalizations has put medical experts at odds with the government, which is struggling to protect people’s health while also trying to prevent an economic implosion on an island battered by hurricanes, earthquakes and a prolonged financial crisis.