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Half of U.S. states have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults, CDC says
Nelson Oliveira
May 24, 2021, 8:07 AM
Five months after a New York City nurse became the first person in America to get a coronavirus shot, at least 25 states are now reporting that more than half of their adult population has been fully vaccinated a major milestone in the fight against COVID-19.
Data published Sunday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Washington, D.C. has also fully vaccinated at least 50% of people 18 or older and that Maine’s 62.9% rate of fully vaccinated adults is the highest in the country. Connecticut and Vermont are right behind Maine in the vaccination race, with 62.8% and 62.7%, respectively.
US President-elect Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that things will get worse before they get better when it comes to the pandemic. We need to be honest - the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the toughest during this entire pandemic, Mr Biden said during remarks in Wilmington, Delaware.
His comments came as the coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 336,000 Americans, with experts warning holiday travel and gatherings could precipitate yet another spike in cases, even as the virus has already been surging in states nationwide.