US struggles with vaccine goal; India cases reach 30m

The White House on Tuesday publicly acknowledged it would miss US President Joe Biden's COVID-19 goal of vaccinating 70 percent of adults with at least one dose by the July Fourth holiday weekend.

The admission came as India, another country hit by hard by the coronavirus pandemic, passed the grim milestone of 30 million infections.

In Washington, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients on Tuesday announced a revised COVID-19 vaccination goal under which the count for the 70 percent threshold by that date would be applied to adults aged 27 and older.