A Year After W.H.O. Declared Virus Pandemic, More U.S. States Expand Access to Vaccines
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March 24, 2021, 5:36 p.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 5:36 p.m. ET
Georgia, Minnesota and New York are among those offering shots to more people. In Ukraine, misinformation is hobbling inoculation efforts.
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Grand Central Terminal in New York the day after the W.H.O. declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11 last year.Credit.Todd Heisler/The New York Times
When the first cases of a mysterious, fast-spreading illness arose a little more than a year ago in China, the danger struck some around the world as contained, or at least containable.
Modernaâs Coronavirus Vaccine Begins Arriving at Strained Hospitals Across the U.S.
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A variant of the virus that is spreading in Britain has prompted countries to bar travelers from there. Some U.S. governors are also pushing for restrictions.
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The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived at sites across the country Monday. Yanitza Reeves, a medical worker, received one of the first doses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
Just one week after the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine were administered in the United States, a new batch of vaccines fanned out across the country on Monday, an urgently needed expansion of a vaccination effort that is expected to reach vulnerable populations and rural areas where hospitals are strained as soon as this week.