Roughly 10 per cent of new US infections linked to more-contagious variant as several states struggle to meet vaccination goals
In Mississippi, the lowest-ranked state for vaccinations, roughly 29 per cent of the population is fully inoculated from the virus, or have received two doses of Pfizer or Modera vaccines or a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.
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