The United States is late in one month were able to vaccinate at least one component of a vaccine of 70 percent of the population, the Associated Press Agency transmits.
Earlier, President Joseph Biden spoke about the need to achieve these indicators by July 4 – US Independence Day. It is worth noting that in the election rhetoric of the American leader it was also said about a more large-scale goal – vaccination for the independence of the entire adult population of the country (165 million people). As of the beginning of August, almost 9 million people lack this purpose to achieve this goal.
American officials talk about the actual breakdown campaign for vaccination in the most conservative states of the south of the country. Also during the campaign, the distribution of “Delta” -Shtamma Coronavirus and related phobias visits public places were affected.
Commenting on the possibility of introducing mandatory vaccination of the population, the spokesman for the White House, Jen Psaki, stated that the government does not consider this initiative, but private companies have the full right to oblige their employees to vaccinate.
The increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection in the USA fell on the second half of July. As of August 2, more than 128 thousand new charge cases were revealed. In total, from the beginning of a pandemic in the US, more than 35 million people were infected with coronavirus, 613 thousand – died.