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State Sen. Lisa Baker wants staff and inmates at two state prisons in Northeastern Pennsylvania to be prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine.

The coronavirus vaccine rollout is underway in Connecticut. Phase 1A began in mid-December and the state is now ready to enter into Phase 1B.

The elderly and people with underlying health conditions in North Dakota are beginning to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine doses as the state enters Phase 1B of vaccine priority groups, and providers are gearing up as the vaccine becomes more widely available. Adults 75 and older are slated to receive the vaccine first in this phase. Phase 1A vaccinations, which began in December, prioritized health care workers and long-term care residents and staff. Sanford Health Bismarck began vaccinating some of its first Phase 1B patients Thursday. Two couples including Jim and Pat...

Center doubles as vaccination site Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail A sign directs healthcare workers into the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville, which was used as a COVID-19 vaccination center on Thursday. The Madison County Health Department is distributing the vaccine by appointment only to healthcare workers as part of Phase 1A of the state’s vaccine distribution plan. COLLINSVILLE — By the end of Thursday, an estimated 500 healthcare workers were expected to have received their first shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at Collinsville’s Gat...

Local vaccine distributions in continue as the state plans to move into next phase.