New York and Maryland will open vaccine eligibility to those who are 16 years or older on Tuesday, the day after 12 states did the same as the country continues in its race against more mutated forms of coronavirus spreading.
The two states will join a dozen others that opened up vaccinations to all over 16: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Michigan, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
The increased availability of vaccines comes as variants of COVID-19 continue to surge with more than 16,000 cases reported across the country.
Federally run vaccinations centers continue to pop up, with three more announced Monday by the White House. The sites, in South Carolina, Colorado and Minnesota, bring the total number of vaccination sites to 28.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio Every year, Arturo pays thousands of dollars in taxes from the revenue produced by his central Ohio-based painting company.
But he will never receive Social Security benefits. Or Medicare. Or Medicaid.
That s because Arturo, whose last name is not being used for his safety, is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico one of about 6 million who pay taxes annually, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
A report from the office shows that 50% to 75% of undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes each year and have been since the Internal Revenue Service created a program 25 years ago allowing people without a Social Security number to file taxes.
That s up 18.38% from the previous week s tally of 39,631 COVID-19 doses administered.
As of March 15, 8.57% of people living in Livingston County are fully vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
As Michigan passed the one-year anniversary of its first COVID-19 case, Michigan chief medical officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said test positivity rates and hospitalizations are on the rise again, and that getting vaccinated is key. The more people that get vaccinated, and the quicker we do it, the safer we will all be, Khaldun said.
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