50% American adults receive at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
Associated Press | April 19, 2021 | Updated 10:18 IST
Half of all adults in the US have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves.
Almost 130 million people 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, or 50.4% of the total adult population, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Almost 84 million adults, or about 32.5% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.
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The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to those that led to a pause in its use, a top U.S. public health official said on Monday.
Tulsa to drop mask mandate; hospital numbers down
TULSA – Tulsa officials announced plans Thursday to drop the city’s mask mandate at the end of the month, citing a rapid decline in the number of people being hospitalized for COVID-19.
Mayor G.T. Bynum said more than 450 people were hospitalized in Tulsa in January with COVID-19, but that number has plummeted to 40 people earlier this week as more people, particularly vulnerable populations, have been vaccinated.
“The absence of a mask order does not mean people should start burning their masks,” Bynum said. “We should still exercise caution.”
Bynum said individual businesses may still require customers wear masks inside their stores and added that his executive order requiring restaurant and bar workers to wear masks will continue past April 30.
Hospitalizations from COVID-19 in Texas hover under 3,000
April 12, 2021
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1of3Marcela Alejandre, with La Union del Pueblo Entero,or LUPE, helps Nereida Garcia of Mercedes, Texas, with information on the COVID-19 vaccination clinic for farmworkers at the Pharr Events Center on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Pharr, Texas. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)Delcia Lopez/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3La Union del Pueblo Entero, or LUPE, helped many local farmworkers who were able to receive the Johnson & Johnson dose at the largest COVID-19 vaccine clinic for farmworkers at the Pharr Events Center, Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Pharr, Texas. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP)Delcia Lopez/APShow MoreShow Less