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Various US cities, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- The United States has reached the 10 percent threshold with 33.7 million people having received at least one of the 44.7 million doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccine that have been administered so far, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Wednesday.Some 10.4 million people have received both doses of the two-dose vaccination series and, with the exception of Kansas, Missouri and Alabama, elsewhere in the country the rate of vaccine administration exceeds the figure of 11,000 per 100,000 residents. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS AT MASS VACCINATION SITES IN THE US.
Cars line up at a drive-in vaccination facility in Miami, Florida. More than 10 million people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). IMAGES
According to recent Business Insider polling the typical American believes they will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine within the next three months. The CDC recommends that the first round of vaccinations should go to frontline workers and people aged 75 and up. Each state is in charge of its vaccine distribution process. Experts predict the general public will be able to be vaccinated by summer 2021. That would be after high-priority groups such as healthcare professionals and essential workers get the shots.
On Wednesday, the US surpassed administering 1 million first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The first wave of recipients includes Pres.-Elect Joe Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Sen. Mitt Romney. Business Insider reports they were all vaccinated publicly to encourage others to do the same. Katalin Karikó, the scientist who developed mRNA vaccines, received her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on December 21. Who are some of the other high-profile people to get vaccinated? Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Jim Clyburn, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Senators Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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