About one in five U.S. residents over the age of 18 have been vaccinated. And the pace of inoculations is set to pick up, with the first shots of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine due to be administered today. This comes as the Biden administration is announcing it has secured a deal to have the pharmaceutical giant Merck produce shots of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in a move that could sharply boost supply.
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