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Max Dobles, 17, with Crohn’s disease, watches Dr. Mayank Amin before receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, USA, on March 3, 2021. REUTERS / Hannah Beier
June 21 (Reuters) – Young adults seek COVID-19 vaccines at a slower rate than older adults, and if that vaccination rate continues through August, vaccine coverage among young adults will not reach levels achieved with the elderly, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Monday.
The agency said more work was needed to increase vaccination rates among young adults to reduce hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.
Of the 57% of U.S. adults who received at least one dose of the vaccine before May 22, coverage was highest among those 65 years of age or older and lowest among those aged 18 to 29, according to an analysis of vaccination rates published Monday in CDC Morbidity and Mortality. Weekly report.
Observations are based on vaccination data reported to the agency from December 14, 2020 to May 22, 2021.
Young Americans are also more likely to be reluctant to get the vaccine due to concerns about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, the agency reported separately on Monday, citing data from household surveys conducted from March to May 2021.
According to the report, the lowest vaccination rates were among low-income, non-Hispanic black adults between the ages of 18 and 39, with less education, no health insurance and living outside major cities.
He found that nearly one in four adults between the ages of 18 and 39 said they likely would not or certainly not get vaccinated during the survey period.
Vaccination of Americans began in December last year, and early efforts focused on specific high-risk groups, such as healthcare workers and the elderly. This was then extended to all U.S. adults aged 18 and over, starting April 19.
Offering workplace vaccination programs, paid time off for vaccination, and mobile walk-in clinics with flexible hours could help improve vaccination rates in young adults, the CDC reported.
Report by Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Aurora Ellis
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