The state of Hawaii reached a huge milestone. 100% of our kūpuna in the city and county of Honolulu are now fully vaccinated. According to the State Department of Health,
i m looking forward to the advisory committee commenting on that. dr. bhadelia, as always, thank you. montgomery county, maryland working hard to protect people from covid. offering covid relief for low income housing. the county is also seeing incredible results with its vaccination outreach, especially in its latino communities. in february, 20% more white, nonhispanic residents were vaccinated than hispanic residents. thanks in part to an animated abuela, that vaccination rate is 10%. the emergency assistance relief payment plan which was passed in april at your request had an unexpected outcome as it relates to vaccines. tell me about that. well, you know, we have been able to, you know, really ramp up our outreach into the
reporter: the biden administration now sending nearly a hundred million dollars to rural health clinics nationwide for vaccination outreach as experts warn the more the virus circulates among the unvaccinated, the greater the chance of so-called breakthrough infections among those who are fully vaccinated. a large study in houston finding 6.5% of new cases were in fully vaccinated people. in los angeles county, it s 20% of new cases, according to the county health director. there are some breakthrough infections. i ve seen them in my practice. but it s mild illness. that s a huge difference. that s what vaccines do. they are made to protect against serious illness and death. reporter: and with millions of children set to head back to school, a cnn analysis finds less than a third of eligible kids are on track to be fully vaccinated against covid in the next two weeks. and while public schools in atlanta and chicago are mandating masks for everyone. we parents should have the ri