Emissions enigma, mask scofflaw’s dare, Ammon Bundy saga: News from around our 50 states
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March 16, 2021, 12:00 AM·48 min read
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Birmingham: City leaders likely will extend a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus despite the governor’s plan to end the statewide rule next month, said City Council President William Parker. While Gov. Kay Ivey has said the state order will expire April 9, Parker said officials in Birmingham have been in discussions with medical experts and will push to keep a requirement in place for face masks in public places. “I feel very confident that there will be a mask ordinance for the city of Birmingham,” he said Saturday at the opening of a new vaccination site. A City Council vote likely will be held April 6, he said. Jefferson County is among multiple counties the Alabama Department of Public Health rates as having a high infection rate over the past two weeks even as cases an
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Anna Fusco, the Broward Teachers Union president, said on Tuesday that she was happy to see teachers receiving the protection they need during the coronavirus pandemic.
“I think it’s awesome. I think it should have been done a lot sooner where they opened it up for everybody to be able to get it,” Fusco said.
Broward County Public Schools’ employees who are age 18 or older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine this week at the T.Y. (Topeekeegee Yugnee) Park in Hollywood.
“It’s just going to bring more and more people in our community vaccinated,” Fusco said.
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Gov. Walz announced another community vaccination site at River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud.
According to a release from the governor s office, the new large-scale, permanent site will launch this week, joining similar sites in Minneapolis, Duluth, Rochester, Bloomington and St. Paul.
Once it launches, the new site will offer vaccines to all groups that are currently eligible in Minnesota. That includes the newly-eligible Phase 1B groups, which include some essential workers, people with specific underlying conditions, and assorted other high-risk groups.
Previously, River’s Edge Convention Center was a pop-up location in the state’s Vaccine Pilot Program. Walz said about 4,800 doses of the vaccine were administered there between Jan. 21 and Feb. 22.
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