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Covid-19: Mississippi Is Second State to Open Vaccination to All Adults
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March 21, 2021, 10:54 a.m. ETMarch 21, 2021, 10:54 a.m. ET
Germany, France, Spain and Italy have joined other countries in pausing use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine. Italy imposed new lockdown measures as Europe confronts a third wave of the virus.
Tara Gallion prepared a dose of the Moderna vaccine at the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Miss., in January.Credit.Rory Doyle for The New York Times
Mississippi will become the second state to open Covid-19 vaccinations to all of its adult residents, following a call from President Biden for all states to do so by May 1.
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The American Rescue Plan is the latest in the federal government’s historic pandemic spending.
During an address on Monday, President Biden stressed the importance of oversight and accountability in spending the funds in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted last week.
The “American Rescue Plan” is the latest in the federal government’s historic spending over the past year in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “It requires fastidious oversight to make sure the relief arrives quickly, equitability and efficiently with no waste or fraud,” Biden said. “We have to prove to the American people that their government can deliver for them and do it without waste or fraud.” This delivery will come in the form of vaccinating everyone, getting kids back to school, boosting the economy, helping businesses and sending relie
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MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Thanks for your patience. A little delayed today, but for good reason. So I have a couple of items at the top.
As you know, tonight the President will deliver his first primetime address to the American people at 8:00 p.m. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the shutdown due to COVID-19, and the President will speak directly to the American people about the sacrifices made from the more than 500,000 lives lost, to the millions of people who are lost have lost their jobs, and the even millions more who have been impacted by the pandemic.