More than 4.2 million people have died worldwide from the virus.
The Biden administration is working to combat ongoing hesitation among millions who have either refused or delayed getting a COVID-19 vaccination. More than 192 million Americans have received at least one vaccination dose and more than 165 million have been fully vaccinated.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged wealthier countries to hold off on administering booster jabs until the end of September, saying vaccines should be deployed in lower-income nations so they can vaccinate at least 10% of their populations. The New York Times reported thatdelivered so far have been used in high- and upper-middle-income countries.
“I understand the concern of all governments to protect their people from the delta variant,” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director-general, said at a news briefing. “But we cannot — and we should not — accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it, while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected.”
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