22-year veteran Kansas City police officer dies of COVID-19 – KMBC Kansas City

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ACCORDING TO THE CDC, THE US HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 300 MILLION VACCINE DOSES. BUT AS ABC’S TREVOR AULT REPORTS, THE PACOFE VACCINATIONS HAS DECLINED, WHICH HAS DOCTORS CONCERNED. REPORTER: MORE TH 1AN38 MILLION AMERICANS OR ABOUT 41% OF THE US POPULATION IS NOW FULLY VACCINAT.ED BUT VACCINATION RATES ARE ON THE DECLINE; A TREND HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED T.OU ACCORDING TO THE CDC, ABOUT ONE MILLION SHOTS ARE BEIN ADMINISTERED, A DAY DOWN FROM THE PEAK OF MORE THAN 3 MILLION PER DAY IN APRIL. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IMPLGOR AMERICANS TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES. >> WHAT A SHAME AND A TRAGEDY THAT WE DON’T MAKE USE OF SOMETHING THAT IS FOR OUR BENEFIT, WHEN OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE RLWOD WOULD DO ANYTHINTOG HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. REPORTER: FAUCI, ALONG WITH FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN, VISITING A VACCINATION SITE IN HARLEM, HOPING TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO MAY BE HESITANT. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS CALLED JUNE A MONTH OF ACTION, PUSHING HIS GOAL OF GETTING 70% OF ADULTS AT LEAST PARTIAY LLVACCINTAED BY JULY 4. >> WE’RE ANNOUNCING A MONTH-LONG EFFORT TO PULL ALL THE STOPS, ALL THE STOPS TO FREE OURSELVES FROM THIS VIRUS, AND GET TO % OF ADULT AMERICANS VCINATEAC REPORTER: COVID INFECTIONS AND HOSPITALIZATION ARE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL THEY’VE BEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, BUT STILL, ABOUT 325 AMERICANS ARE DYING FROM THE VIRUS EACH Y.DA TREVOR AULT, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. EMY:IL AS OF FRIDAY, KANSAS HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION DOSES TOFHE VACCINE. ABOUT 42.5% OF KANSANS HAVE GOTTEN ONE DE. WE’LL GET UPDATED NUMBERS TOMORR. MISSOURI HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN OUT ALMOST 4.6 MILLION DOSES, AND ABOUT 42.1% OF MISSOURIANS HAVE GOTTEN EON SEDO THREE LIBRARIES IN JACKSON COUNTY WILL HOST VACCINE CLINI THIS WEEK. YOU CAN GET VACCINATED AT ANY OF THE COUNTY’S MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCHES, STARTING THIS EKWE DATES AND TIMES ARE ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. YOU DON’T HAVE TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ADMINISTERING ALL 3 VACCES.IN IF YOU WANT TO GET THE VACCINE AND NEED HELP, GO TO KMBC.COM. CLICK THE HOW TO FIND A VACCINE PAGE TO FIND C ALINIC NEAR YOU

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