As the US may miss a vaccination goal set by President Joe Biden for July 4, officials are warning against complacency and states are ramping up measures to encourage reluctant residents to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
About 1.4 million new doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered since Thursday, boosting the seven-day average of doses administered back to just over 1 million doses per day. It had fallen to under a million a day on average earlier in the week.These figures, however, are down from an early April average high of 3.3 million per day. Dr.
All pandemic restrictions will be lifted once the full vaccination rate reaches 70%, the state announced. "We need to push hard now so we can get to the point where Safe Travels is no longer needed to keep the people of Hawaii safe," Gov. David Ige said Friday.In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the state's new Covid-19 vaccine incentive which will give vaccinated adults"a shot at a million dollars," he said.
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