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Despite the low vaccination rate among minority communities nationwide, the City of Columbus is making progress.
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 file photo, a nurse prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be injected at the Andras Josa Teaching Hospital in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. Author: Molly Brewer Updated: 5:44 AM EDT April 13, 2021
As vaccines roll out, some people are still struggling to find a shot near them.
Despite the low vaccination rate among minority communities nationwide, the City of Columbus is making progress.
Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Columbus Health Commissioner, told 10TV that Columbus is ahead of the state minority vaccination rate, nearing 30 percent.
The legislation would apply for all vaccines, not just COVID-19.
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 file photo, a nurse prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be injected at the Andras Josa Teaching Hospital in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. Author: Jake Zuckerman (Ohio Capital Journal) Published: 1:02 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 1:02 PM EDT April 8, 2021
Sixteen Ohio House Republicans, six of whom have publicly announced their declination to take a COVID-19 vaccine, proposed legislation Tuesday to build legal protections for people who decline vaccinations.
Under the bill, governments, schools and private businesses could still impose a vaccine requirement. However, the bill would force them to exempt anyone who submits in writing a claim of medical contraindication, “natural immunity,” or “reasons of conscience, including religious conviction.”
Nine hubs will be established across Victorian public hospitals to store and distribute the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine as the state government prepares for an expected roll out of late February.
The nine hubs set up across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will be at the following hospitals: Western Health, Austin Health, Monash Health, Goulburn Valley Health, Barwon Health, Latrobe Health, Bendigo Health, Ballarat Health and Albury-Wodonga Health.
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A nurse prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the new coronavirus to be injected at the Andras Josa Teaching Hospital in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. (AP) We will distribute it from those nine hubs to the priority workforce and the priority groups identified by the prime minister earlier this week, Health Minister Martin Foley said.
In an unusual and potentially groundbreaking decision, French drugmaker Sanofi said it will help bottle and package 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays.
The announcement came as delays or production problems for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and a vaccine from Britain s AstraZeneca have caused political uproar across the European Union.
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French drug maker Sanofi said it will help manufacture 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays.(AP)
The EU s 27-nation vaccination effort has struggled to pick up steam, while more contagious virus variants are spreading fast and COVID-19 deaths are surging anew.