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.
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Posted : 2021-02-19 09:11
By Lee Hyo-jin
With COVID-19 vaccines set to roll out here Feb. 26, all eyes are on who will be the first to receive the shots and in what order everyone else will be vaccinated.
As the health authorities are planning to inoculate 70 percent of the population, or up to 36 million people, by September with the hopes of achieving herd immunity by November, they have divided the vaccination schedule into four stages, spelling out the groups by each quarter in order of priority.
Below are some questions and answers on how, when and where COVID-19 vaccinations will take place here, based on information provided by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
Posted : 2021-02-18 10:21
Updated : 2021-02-18 11:05
A medical worker attends a training session to learn how to give coronavirus vaccine shots at the Korean Nurses Association in Seoul, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. AP
South Korea s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 600s for a second consecutive day on Thursday as infections at a slew of manufacturing plants and hospitals surged, prompting authorities to guard against a potential virus resurgence.
The country reported 621 more COVID-19 cases, including 590 local infections, raising the total caseload to 85,567, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.
The country added six more deaths, raising the total to 1,544.