President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration’s latest goals in the fight against the coronavirus: getting 70% of U.S. adults to receive at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, and having 160 million adults fully vaccinated, by July 4.
The new vaccination targets came two months out from Independence Day, a date the White House hopes will mark a turning point in the pandemic.
“If we succeed in this effort,” Biden said at the White House, “then Americans will have taken a serious step toward a return to normal.”
