- June 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
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Cheyane Peterson, 12, gets a COVID-19 vaccine from Khrista Staheli at the Legacy Events Center in Farmington on May 13, 2021. The Utah Department of Health and Salt Lake Chamber launched a new campaign aimed at helping businesses encourage their employees to get vaccinated before the Fourth of July. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — Although 64% of adults in Utah have received the coronavirus vaccine to date, state and business leaders are pushing for more to get vaccinated before the Fourth of July.
“We were very quick to get 60%, and then it’s a very, very difficult task to get that last 10% (of the state’s 70% goal),” said Rich Saunders, executive director of the Utah Department of Health.
“We want to prevent a resurgence in the fall. We want to do the right things to put this thing to bed and not relax before it’s all the way to bed,” he said.
The state has seen “some…
