Biden calls for "vaccinating the world", New York at the forefront of the health pass

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for "vaccinating America and (to) help vaccinate the world", New York imposing itself across the Atlantic at the forefront of the health pass against the Delta variant. Joe Biden welcomed the sending of more than 110 million doses to more than 60 countries, most of them via the international Covax initiative, a donation greater than "all other countries combined" according to the White House. The United States has already reached the rate of 70% of adults having received at least one dose of vaccine. And half of the european Union's population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to an AFP count on Tuesday.

The Pfizer vaccine should get a full green light in the USA in early September

The U.S. Drug Administration, the FDA, is expected to fully approve Pfizer and BioNtech's Covid-19 vaccine as early as September, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Pfizer is issuing its vaccines under a temporary emergency authorization granted on December 11, 2020. Last week, the FDA said in a statement that the approval process for the Covid vaccine was "among the agency's highest priorities" and that it expected to make its decision well before the deadline expires.

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