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Maui County does not plan to tighten restrictions amid a spike in cases connected to a new strain of COVID-19, though state and county officials are asking the community to remain diligent.
“We’re not going to make major changes to the restrictions,” Mayor Michael Victorino said Monday afternoon during the county’s news conference. “We know what we need to do, our visitors know what they need to do, our businesses are doing a great job I go to many of these businesses I don’t think we need to up the ante at this point.
Lt. Gov. Josh Green said the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine could put Hawaii on the path to vaccinating most residents by early summer if delivery is ramped up.
The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States for the first time outside of a clinical trial.
The Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine received emergency approval from the FDA over the weekend. Alabama is preparing to receive its first shipment of 40,100 doses sometime this week.
Mar 2, 2021
A new COVID-19 vaccination site is opening in the Tower Mall parking lot this week. The vaccination site will operate alongside the Tower Mall COVID-19 Community Testing Site, which opened in January. The vaccination site is a collaboration between Clark County Public Health, the city of Vancouver and Safeway.
Clark County Public Health is contacting people who have submitted a request for vaccine using the webform on the Public Health website to schedule appointments at Tower Mall. Public Health is using the contact information provided on the form – phone numbers or emails – to reach people on the waiting list. That outreach is beginning today.