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1of30FILE - In this April 10, 2021, file photo, registered nurse Ashleigh Velasco, left, administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Rosemene Lordeus, right, at a clinic held by Healthcare Network in Immokalee, Fla. Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were tested still hold some back, according to a new poll that highlights the challenges at a pivotal moment in the U.S. vaccination campaign.Lynne Sladky/APShow MoreShow Less
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has issued an executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of wearing masks in public schools.
SALEM, Ore. â Oregonâs government has set vaccination targets that officials hope will lead to the reopening of the stateâs economy.
Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday most statewide pandemic restrictions will be lifted when 70% of Oregonâs residents 16 and older get the first coronavirus vaccine dose. In addition, individual counties can move into the âlower riskâ category for restrictions once 65% of the areaâs eligible population is vaccinated.
Currently, 35% of Oregonâs people are fully vaccinated.
Brown cautions that Oregon may continue to require the use of masks and physical distancing.
Just last month, the governor put 15 Oregon counties into the âextreme riskâ category that bans indoor dining and significantly reduces gym and indoor entertainment capacities due to increasing COVID-19 cases.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) Health officials in Nevada have said Clark County might not be vaccinating people fast enough to reach the state s goal to remove capacity limits and social distancing requirements next month.
Southern Nevada Health District Chief Health Officer Dr. Fermin Leguen said about 50% of eligible residents 16 and older, or about 919,000 people, had received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccines as of Friday.
Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak set a state goal to reduce restrictions by June 1. But Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, set a threshold to vaccinate 60% of its population, or more than a million people, before fully reopening.
TORONTO â Canadaâs largest province says it will stop giving out first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns over blood clots.
Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams says the decision has been made out of an abundance of caution because of increased instances of a rare blood clotting disorder linked to the shot.
AstraZeneca is restricted in some European countries because of a potential link to extremely rare blood clots. In Canada, at least 12 cases have been confirmed out of more than two million doses given and three women have died.
Ontario says it has 49,280 doses of the shot remaining in the province out of over 707,000 received. Health officials are awaiting results of a clinical trial in the United Kingdom looking at giving a different vaccine for the second dose. That would allow people who got AstraZeneca first to be given Pfizer or Moderna for their second dose.