White House to concede US likely to miss July 4 Covid-19 vaccine target, reports NBC News | Malay Mail

WASHINGTON, June 22 — The White House is preparing to acknowledge it will not meet President Joe Biden’s goal of delivering at least one Covid-19 vaccination dose to 70 per cent of US adults by July 4, US Independence Day, NBC News reported today.

White House Covid-19 senior adviser Jeffrey Zients is expected to announce the United States already has vaccinated 70 per cent of adults age 30 and older, NBC said, citing a copy of his remarks. Zients and other top White House health officials are expected to hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. ET .Fifteen of the 50 states and Washington DC, have delivered at least one shot to 70 per cent of adults 18 and older.

Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other top officials have deployed a campaign-style push encouraging more Americans to get shots in order to protect public health as well as reopen the economy and return the country to a path of normalcy.

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