— Over-the-counter home test for COVID-19 gets U.S. green light
— French theater, cinema workers protest against virus closure
— Pandemic backlash jeopardizes public health powers, leaders
— Sweden’s prime minister says health officials misjudged new infection wave
— U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin
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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
ATLANTA — The first coronavirus vaccines were administered Tuesday in Georgia as new infections continued to soar and many schools closed in-person classes for the remainder of the last week before Christmas.
Gov. Brian Kemp and Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey visited Savannah as the first four shots were administered to local health care workers.