Teachers push back, churches in court, National Guard: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
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Montgomery: The state is getting roughly half as much COVID-19 vaccine as it was expecting based on federal plans announced last year, officials said Friday, meaning it would take more than two years to vaccinate the adult population without improvement. The state has 800 approved vaccination sites and is trying to deliver shots as quickly as it can, but supply issues have been the biggest hindrance to state vaccination efforts, said Dr. Scott Harris, head of the Alabama Department of Public Health. “Every state had the idea that they were going to get much more vaccine than they ultimately got,” he said. “I assume this is related to optimistic projections and the inability of manufacturers to keep up that. … There just wasn’t enough vaccine to go around.” Alabama health officials were expecting to get more th
Minimum-security inmate Wyoming s 1st to die of COVID-19 sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(Riverton, WY) â As of Tuesday, December 29th only 2 active cases of COVID-19 at the Wyoming Honor Farm have been reported, according to the latest Wyoming Department of Corrections update. This number includes 1 staff member and 1 inmate at the facility.
In total, the number of confirmed positive COVID cases totals 42 within all DOC facilities -this includes the Honor Farm. Those cases were identified in routine surveillance samplings conducted last week, the release noted.
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There are 16 confirmed cases within the Wyoming Medium Correction Institution in Torrington. The majority of cases, 13, are reported among staff members, and only 3 in the inmate population.