Prognosis
Biden Touts Progress Against Covid Ahead of July 4: Virus Update
Patient sits in a waiting room after receiving their first dose of the Cuban Abdala Covid-19 vaccine in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 1.
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President Joe Biden hosted a large, in-person event at the White House for the Los Angeles Dodgers, building up to a weekend billed by his administration as celebrating “independence” from the Covid-19 virus.
About 67% of adults in the U.S. have had at least one vaccine dose, enough for Biden to plan a victory tour even though he missed his target of reaching 70% by July 4 and U.S. health officials are raising alarm about the spread of the more-transmissible delta variant.