US ‘turning the corner’ on pandemic but pressure grows to help other nations

Daily new cases plummet in US with advent of vaccines while they rise at alarming rates in south Asia, with India bearing the brunt

The US is approaching a turning point where Covid vaccinations are sharply reducing infection and hospitalization rates, key figures in the fight against the disease said on Sunday, though the Biden administration is facing mounting pressure to do more to help other nations still in the grip of the disease.

We are turning the corner," said Jeffrey Zients, the White House Covid response coordinator. With about 58% of adult Americans having received at least one shot of vaccine, and with some 113 million people now fully vaccinated, the country was on track to meet Joe Biden's goal of 70% of the population at least partially vaccinated by 4 July, he said.