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Biden warns of Delta variant threat, urges public to get vaccinations

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  • 송고시간 2021-06-20 02:25
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Around 65.1 percent of people in the United States had gotten at least one shot as of Jun 18, 2021. (Photo by= AP)

[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday (Jun 19) urged Americans to get COVID-19 shots, as the country looks likely to miss the White House's goals for vaccination next month as a new coronavirus variant triggered serious concerns, Reuters said.

 "Act now, act now," Biden said in remarks at the White House, urging the unvaccinated to talk to their family and friends who have had shots and to their doctors. Deaths and hospitalizations are going "drastically down in places where people are getting vaccinated", but not other areas, Biden said. "They're actually going up in some places." At the current pace, the United States seems unlikely to hit Biden's goal of having 70 percent of adults receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Jul 4, the Independence Day holiday.


As of Friday, around 65.1 percent of people in the United States had gotten at least one shot, and that mark has increased by less than one percentage point over the past two weeks. The White House had no immediate comment on the possibility of missing the Jul 4, 70 percent goal. Currently, only 15 states and Washington, DC have achieved that level.