US races to vaccinate as CDC chief says UK variant now dominant strain

• Rochelle Walensky: ‘It is the most common lineage, period’
• About 63 million Americans now fully vaccinated, data shows

The UK variant of coronavirus is now the most dominant variant spreading in the US, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday.

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