Watch live: Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations
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President Joe Biden will be speaking Friday afternoon about COVID-19 and the effort to vaccinate Americans, as his self-imposed July 4 deadline for 70% of American adults to have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine approaches. What: President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 and his administration's vaccination program Date: June 18, 2021 Time: 2:15 p.m. ET Location: The White House Online stream: Live on CBSN in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device. Follow: live updates on CBSNews.com
At this point, the administration says that over 175 million Americans have gotten their first shot — almost two-thirds of all adult Americans. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said Thursday that 87% of seniors have received their first shots, as well as 74% of adults who are 40 years of age and older. Asked about whether the White House would reach its 70% goal by Independence Day, Zients was confident that the threshold would be reached this summer, though he was vague about the date. "We are going to get to 70%," he said. "And we're going to continue across the summer months to push beyond 70%."
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