Covid-19 in the United States: Biden calls to continue to be vaccinated
Joe Biden wants 70% of American adults to have received their first dose on July 4, Independence Day.
However, this threshold is far from being reached in many states.
On Friday, June 18, the American president therefore called his fellow citizens to order.
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The massive Covid-19 vaccination campaign continues in the United States, but Joe Biden may not be able to reach his goal.
He wants 70% of American adults to have received their first dose on July 4, Independence Day.
However, this threshold is far from being reached in many states.
Friday, June 18, the American president therefore called his fellow citizens to order.
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With our correspondent in Washington
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Anne Corpet
300 million doses of vaccine administered in 150 days, it is a key step, underlines the American president.
65% of American adults have now received a first injection.
Joe Biden welcomes this, but he warns: the efforts are unevenly distributed and the virus continues to kill.
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Unfortunately, the cases are not decreasing in many places, those where people do not get vaccinated,
deplores the US president
.
They are even on the rise in some places and the data is clear
: if you are not vaccinated, you risk getting seriously ill, dying and spreading the virus.
This is very worrying, especially because of the Delta variant.
A virus that is more easily transmitted, more deadly and particularly dangerous for young people.
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Summer of freedom
The president is begging Americans to get vaccinated to give them a summer of freedom.
At the same time, Vice President Kamala Harris was delivering a similar speech to residents of Georgia, a southern state where only 45 percent of the population received a first dose of the vaccine.
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