On Tuesday night, US President Joe Biden announced that all adult Americans will be able to stand in the vaccine queue by 19 April. The president also warned against believing that the United States has reached the end of the tunnel in the fight against the coronavirus.
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“Yesterday we reached over 150 million vaccine doses set during the first 75 days of my administration,” Joe Biden said during a press conference on Tuesday night.
US President Joe Biden now allows all adult Americans to stand in the vaccine queue by April 19, regardless of occupation or underlying illness.
– We put 3 million doses a day, and over 20 million doses a week. We are the first country to vaccinate over 62 million inhabitants, Biden said in his speech.
– There is a lot of good news, but also some bad. New variants of the virus are spreading rapidly, and the infection numbers are rising, Biden said about the corona situation in the country.
– I understand that people are confused that the vaccine program is progressing at the same time as the infection is spreading. Let me say it in one word: Time, it takes time, said Biden and emphasized that full vaccination is a time-consuming process.
– The virus is spreading because we have many people who see the end of the tunnel and believe that we have reached the goal already. But let me be completely honest with you: We are not done yet, Biden continued.
July 4th
The US president highlighted the celebration of US National Day, July 4, as a carrot for Americans who want to celebrate with friends and family.
– Look at it like this: There will be better times. We can celebrate a safe and nice 4th of July with friends and family in the garden. The real question is how much death and misery we will see within it, Biden said.
The President of the United States urged all Americans to take a stand against the virus.
– What we do now will determine how many we can save in April, in May and in June before we get to July 4, the president said with reference to the holiday.
High vaccine rate
According to VGs coronaoversikt 107.5 million Americans have received at least one dose of coronary vaccine, and 62.4 million are now fully vaccinated. The vaccination program has gained momentum since mid-January 2021.
A total of 167.2 million doses have been set in the USA, the overview shows. This represents 32 and 18.6 percent of the American population, respectively, who count above 330 million.
In comparison, 378 million doses have been set worldwide, which makes up 4.8 percent of the world’s population, shows VG’s overview. The number of vaccinated with two doses worldwide is 1.9 percent.
Hit hard
In addition to being a long way off with the vaccination program, the United States is also one of the countries hardest hit by the corona pandemic. To date, more than 30 million people have been confirmed infected in the country, and as many as 555,732 people have lost their lives as a result of the pandemic in the United States.
The infection trend in the country is also on the rise, with over 900,000 confirmed cases of infection in the last 14 days, according to VG’s overview.
Commonwealth states such as California, New York, Texas and Florida have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. US authorities.
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