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Birmingham: The city on Tuesday extended a mandate requiring face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, even as the statewide mandate expires. The City Council voted to extend the mask requirement through May 24. The decision came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Alabama will receive $44 million to expand vaccination efforts. Alabama ranks last in the country for the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to CDC data. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said the mask ordinance is needed because COVID-19 continues to be a health threat, and most people in the city and the state have not been fully vaccinated. Woodfin said many local businesses also urged the city to keep the mask ordinance in place. “We will continue to make decisions that we be
Kentucky Judge Blocks Follow-up Attempt To Limit Beshear COVID Orders
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Judge Keeps Beshear Virus Orders In Effect Amid Court Battle
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Gov. Andy Beshear gives update on COVID-19, latest vaccination plans © Timothy D. Easley Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speaks to reporters before the signing of bills related to the American Rescue Plan Act at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is giving the latest update on coronavirus and vaccination plans across the state.
PREVIOUS STORY: A Kentucky judge has temporarily blocked another attempt by Republican lawmakers to restrict Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear s efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd extended a temporary injunction Wednesday to apply to a measure passed over the governor s veto. It specifies which of Beshear s pandemic-related orders would remain in place should the legislature win its a legal fight with the governor.