CDC: Nearly half of U.S. adolescents are fully vaccinated
Almost half of adolescents in the United States are fully vaccinated.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — More than 12,000 people have lost their lives to COVID-19 in the state of South Carolina. Even so, only 50 percent of the state is fully vaccinated and state law prohibits mask mandates in schools. “Our children are sick. Our families are dying. I take this personally because I’m a mother and a grandmother,” said Dr….
DHEC reports 3,491 new cases of COVID-19 and 124 additional deaths in South Carolina.
The advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the extra doses for people 65 and older, nursing home residents, and people who are 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions. It also said boosters can be offered to people 18 to 49 with underlying conditions.
DHEC reports 3,165 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 new deaths in the Palmetto State.
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention convened on Wednesday to debate which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots and when — a question that has proved more contentious than the Biden administration apparently expected.
DHEC reports 2,327 new cases of COVID-19 and 85 additional deaths in South Carolina.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year.
DHEC reports 2,158 new cases of COVID-19 and 110 new deaths in the state.
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose.
Almost half of adolescents in the United States are fully vaccinated.