Joe Biden Wants 70% US Adults To Have First Covid Shot By July 4

Administration officials who asked not to be identified said Biden would announce the ambitious goal in a speech later Tuesday.

President Joe Biden wants 70 percent of adults in the US to have received at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine by the July 4 Independence Day holiday, the White House said Tuesday. Administration officials who asked not to be identified said Biden would announce the ambitious goal in a speech later Tuesday. In addition to getting 70 percent at least partially vaccinated, Biden wants "160 million Americans fully vaccinated" by the same date, an official told reporters.