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Alabama
Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will end the state’s participation in federal unemployment programs geared to the pandemic, including supplements to jobless benefits and a suspension of a work-search requirement. The state will withdraw from the program June 19, the governor’s office said in a statement Monday. Applications for the pandemic-related benefits will be processed until then. The decision means the state will withdraw from programs that provided an additional $300 weekly payment in unemployment insurance; extended benefits to self-employed, gig workers and part-time workers; extended benefits for those who’ve exhausted regular benefits; and provided an additional $100 benefit to people with mixed earnings. “Among other factors, increased unemployment assistance, which was meant to be a short-term relief program during emergency
Oklahoman
Oklahoma health officials are preparing to offer COVID-19 vaccines to adolescents, now that children ages 12 through 15 can qualify for the Pfizer vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine for use in that age group Monday afternoon. Before shots will begin, a federal vaccine advisory committee will meet to discuss whether to endorse the shot in 12- to 15-year-olds, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will decide whether to adopt the committee’s recommendation, according to the Associated Press.
Once approval is official, the Oklahoma State Health Department plans to be able to start giving vaccinations to children in that age group immediately, Keith Reed, deputy commissioner of health, said last week.
Oklahoman
As the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations slows in Oklahoma and other parts of the U.S., the Oklahoma City-County Health Department is taking inoculations into communities for pop-up clinics.
The approach is a way to remove potential barriers preventing someone from getting to a vaccination site, like lack of transportation, and offer convenient shots to those who otherwise might not seek one out, said OCCHD Executive Director Patrick McGough.
“What will drive the locations and the groups that we re targeting will be the data that we have from our ZIP Code mapping,” McGough said. “So we can tell where it s needed, or where it s lacking, so to speak, and then we can go to those neighborhoods in those communities and provide the vaccines.”
Kyle Berryhill is only 30, but since COVID-19 hit, he’s now the oldest in his family.
Within a matter of weeks in late 2020, he lost his uncle who was more like an older brother to him and his grandfather to COVID-19. He’s relied on his Christian faith to push through the past year as he’s tried to keep his wife and children safe.
Kyle’s uncle, Phillip Berryhill, was a choir director with the Chickasaw Nation. He had a natural gift for interacting with kids and a wonderful voice he used to sing songs from old movies and musicals, his nephew said. Kyle and his uncle were close and spent time together just about every weekend. The family would watch movies, play games just be together.