Approximately one in six American adults has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to new data released on Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC vaccine tracker, which was updated on Saturday afternoon, shows that 16.7 percent of the adult population has been fully vaccinated. More than 40% of adults aged 65 and over are also fully vaccinated.
More than 121 million doses in total have been administered and almost 43 million adults are fully inoculated.
Three different coronavirus vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Pfizer and Moderna injections require two doses for full effectiveness, while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires only one inoculation.
More than 21 million fully vaccinated adults received the injection from Pfizer, followed by more than 19.7 million who received the Modern vaccine and 2.15 million who received the injection from Johnson & Johnson, which was recently launched.
The Biden government has already exceeded its goal of administering 100 doses of milling in its first 100 days as it intensifies its distribution efforts, but public health experts are asking people to continue to take precautions such as wearing a mask and social distance to avoid propagation. of the virus.
But despite the increased availability of vaccines, only half of health care workers have been bitten, according to a recent survey by The Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation. The vast majority of vaccinated health professionals did not decide whether to receive it or not, and expressed concern about the side effects and the novelty of the vaccine.
A sizable group of Americans across the country also expressed similar concerns and hesitations about the shooting.
Public health experts, including the country’s leading infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciOvernight Health Care: CDC says three feet away is safe in schools | Occurrence of COVID-19 cases in Europe and Brazil signal alert for the USA | Biden attacks Trump on first visit to CDC Watch live: White House COVID-19 response team press conference Night healthcare: Biden says the country will approve 100 million COVID-19 injections this week | US to send excess doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico, Canada | Senate confirms Becerra to HHS in a tight vote MORE, stated that, in order to obtain herd immunity in the country, up to 85 percent of the population would need to be vaccinated.
The CDC news arrives on the same day that the UK announced that half of its adult population had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The figure represents a milestone in a country that was forced to block after the emergence of a new variant of COVID-19.