The Latest: U.S. sticks with booster shot recommendation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The success of the summer season is essential to Croatia's economy, which is among the weakest in the European Union.
50% : Iran generally uses the Chinese-made Sinopharm, although it also has used some Russian made Sputnik-V, AstraZeneca and its own domestic CovBarekat vaccine.
48% : Last week on Tuesday, Iran hit a record of 709 patients dying in a single day.
48% : Mask rules in public schools vary widely.
40% : The robbery comes as Iran, with over 106,000 virus-related deaths, has the highest death toll in the Mideast but only 8% of its people are fully vaccinated.
38% : On Sunday, Iran registered 581 daily deaths and more than 31,000 new cases.
33% : TEHRAN, Iran -- The police chief for Iran's capital says a gang of thieves has robbed scores of COVID-19 vaccines after attacking a hired car carrying the doses, media reported.

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