US administers 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses, around 30 per cent of global total
- Some 50 million doses of the Pfizer shot have been received, 49 million of Moderna’s, and 900,000 of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine
- Biden had originally targeted 100 million doses by his 100th day in office, April 30
Health workers in the United States have administered more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, an official tracker showed Friday, around 30 per cent of the world’s total of shots in arms so far.
A total of 101,128,005 shots have been administered, according to the latest tally posted Friday afternoon by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Joe Biden’s administration had initially targeted achieving this milestone by his 100th day in office, that is, April 30.
But the goal was quickly revised up to 150 million shots in the first 100 days, and this week Biden said there would be enough vaccine to cover the whole adult population of 258 million by the end of May.
In terms of the breakdown, 65.9 million people have received at least one dose while 35 million are now fully vaccinated, or 10.5 per cent of the total population of 331 million.
Sixty-one per cent of those over 65 years old, the group most susceptible to severe Covid-19, have received at least one dose.