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The vaccination rate for U.S. adults will surpass 50% today, according to the White House. Vaccination rates still vary by state, however, and officials have stressed that the coronavirus will continue to spread in communities with lower levels of vaccinations. At least 25 states have fully vaccinated at least half of their adult residents, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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President Biden says the US plans to share 80 million COVID vaccine doses with the world
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The variant, first discovered in India and surging there in the past few months, is present in at least 49 countries, including the U.K. Scientists, who are sequencing half of coronavirus cases, say it is highly likely to be more transmissible than Britain s variant.
But inoculations in the country remain some of the highest in the world, due to a nationalized vaccine campaign. 70% of adults in the country have had a first vaccine dose, according to BBC. But the variant still has had rapid growth in some local areas, according to experts.
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One more encouraging sign about the pandemic for Americans: Puerto Rico, a popular travel destination that was the first U.S. state or territory to go into lockdown, has lifted its nightly curfew.
The island has seen a 58% decline in new infections over the last two weeks after enduring a dramatic spike in April. Besides ending the nightly curfew after more than a year, Puerto Rico will now allow admittance to vaccinated visitors without a negative coronavirus test result. Business capacity will also increase to 50%.
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A Wisconsin priest who criticized his diocese for not conducting in-person Mass during the pandemic has been asked by his bishop to resign from his post at St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse.
The Rev. James Altman, who has characterized Democrats as godless, said he will appeal the request from Bishop William Callahan. The bishop told Altman he was divisive and ineffective, Altman said.