Covid: US states moving to lift mask requirements as vaccination rates slow
by Ed Pilkington in New York from on (#5H7CP)
Daily vaccination numbers drop from 3.4m two weeks ago to 2.7m this week while Biden says 220m shots given in his first 100 days
US states are moving to lift mask requirements and other restrictions as new coronavirus cases drop sharply, even as the Biden administration grapples with a slowdown in vaccination rates and runaway infections in other parts of the world.
In his joint address to Congress on Wednesday night Joe Biden basked in the glow of having beaten his own promises on Covid-19. He said that 220m Covid shots had been given in his first 100 days, while death rates among seniors from the disease were down 80% on January levels.
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