US Expands Vaccine Eligibility to Include all Adults, Half Have Had 1 Dose
Vaccine rollout in Germany intensifies as more doses are delivered to the country.
On Monday, every state in the US expanded its vaccine eligibility to include all adults over the age of 16, meeting President Biden’s deadline which he established 2 weeks ago. The country is now administering 3.2 million doses a day on average, and half of adults have now received at least 1 dose. Additionally, 84.3 million people have now been fully vaccinated against the disease.
On Sunday, the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said that he believed the pause on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will likely be lifted on Friday. During interviews on talk shows, Fauci stated that he expected federal health officials to decide on the vaccine’s future by the end of the week and that he did not anticipate the vaccine being permanently banned.
In a statement on Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will supply an additional 100 million dose to the European Union, bringing the total number of vaccines the 2 companies have supplied to 600 million doses. The Union hopes that the additional doses will help to accelerate the inoculation program.
United States
209.41 million
62.61 per 100
China
192.13 million
13.35 per 100
India
123.85 million
8.97 per 100
United Kingdom
42.78 million
63.02 per 100
Brazil
32.81 million
15.44 per 100
Germany
21.95 million
26.19 per 100
Turkey
19.97 million
23.68 per 100
France
17.01 million
24.97 per 100
Indonesia
16.69 million
6.1 per 100
Russia
16.17 million
11.08 per 100
Data Table per Our World in Data (April 18, 2021, 12 AM EST)
In the US, Dr. Anthony Fauci also added to his remarks that he believes all children will most likely be eligible to receive a vaccination by the first quarter of 2022. He said he thinks all children of basically any age should be able to receive a shot against COVID-19, and expects high school kids to be eligible by the fall.
California
26,092,008
66.03 per 100
Texas
16,539,082
57.03 per 100
New York
13,531,789
69.55 per 100
Florida
13,397,449
62.37 per 100
Pennsylvania
8,517,810
66.53 per 100
Illinois
8,189,755
64.63 per 100
Ohio
7,339,803
62.79 per 100
New Jersey
6,269,398
70.58 per 100
North Carolina
6,244,401
59.53 per 100
Michigan
6,158,414
61.66 per 100
Data Table per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (April 18, 2021, 6 AM EST)
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