US administers 243.5m doses of Covid-19 vaccines: CDC

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The United States has administered 243,463,471 doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning, said the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A total of 240,159,677 vaccine doses had been administered by April 30, the CDC said.

The agency said 146,239,208 people had received at least one dose while 103,422,555 people were fully vaccinated as of Saturday.

A child gets his Covid-19 vaccine as part of Moderna's pediatric vaccine trial in Salt Lake City, Utah, US on April 28. — Reuters
A child gets his Covid-19 vaccine as part of Moderna's pediatric vaccine trial in Salt Lake City, Utah, US on April 28. — Reuters

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