Joe Biden’s new coronavirus goal: 70 per cent of US adults to get one vaccine dose by Independence Day


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President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a goal to have 70 per cent of US adults vaccinated with at least one Covid-19 shot by the July 4 Independence Day holiday, and urged young people in their 20s and 30s in particular to get inoculated. The president, who has made fighting the coronavirus a key priority of his administration, had previously announced July 4 as a target date for when Americans can gather in small groups to signal a return to greater normalcy in the middle of the pandemic. Biden’s new goal comes as the administration faces increasing, though not unexpected,...