A racial gap has opened up in the nation's COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows. LaVeist, dean of the school, is recruiting notable Black Americans to help promote vaccination. Targeted efforts have raised vaccination rates among other minority groups. And Asian vaccination rates are high in most states, with 41 percent getting a shot. Currently, some 47.9 percent of Americans have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to official figures.

Source: Manila Times May 21, 2021 16:41 UTC