Canada passes US in its percentage of people fully vaccinated

The percentage of people in Canada that have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has surpassed US figures, according to data from the Canadian government.

According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 48.6 per cent of Canadians have been fully vaccinated.

The corresponding US figure, as published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is 48.4 per cent of Americans fully vaccinated.