Burlington, US: The US’s second least populated State Vermont recently became the first to partially vaccinate 80 percent of eligible residents. This State claims America’s most-vaccinated State against Covid – 19.

Vermont State in US known for Bernie Sanders, maple syrup and the birthplace of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, home to red farmhouses and signs warning drivers of moose. Health Commissioner Mark Levine said it makes us probably the safest place in the country and maybe the world, has a bobblehead of top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci on his desk.

The rural, northeastern state has administered at least one vaccine dose to 82% of residents aged 12 and over, well above the US’s national rate of 64%.  Its vaccination rate is more than double that of the worst performing state Mississippi.

Vermonters prioritize their health, which is a good starting point, he said at the State Health Department offices in Burlington on Lake Champlain. Vermonters are very cooperative and compliant, he adds, citing a tradition of town meetings and civic engagement across New England, including Maine and Massachusetts where vaccine rates are also high.

Vermont, whose population is 94 percent white and which has one of the highest levels of education in the US, has registered only around 250 deaths from Covid – 19.