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Dr. Fauci said there is no CDC guidance on what to do when groups of people who have received both vaccine doses want to get together.
Residents and employees of long-term care facilities face especially high risk for coronavirus transmission, and nursing homes have seen several COVID-19 outbreaks.Yet a CDC study shows alarmingly low vaccination rates among facility staff.
City and state leaders express frustration over COVID-19 vaccine âinequityâ City and state leaders express frustration over COVID-19 vaccine âinequityâ Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters Saturday that 43% of COVID-19 vaccine recipients so far in Houston have been white. In comparison, 21% have been Hispanic, 18% black, and 15% Asian. HOUSTON - Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner held a press conference Saturday pushing for COVID-19 vaccine distribution equity. "We need to be a lot more intentional and directional," said Mayor Turner. "Equity has to be built in to a...
"In Maine, we are not sitting around waiting for those doses to just get used on the timetable that retail pharmacies tell us," Dr. Nirav Shah of Maine said.
To update the community on vaccine supply and distribution progress, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty hosted another virtual “Coronavirus Q&A” Thursday alongside local health officials, two weeks after the city began Phase 1B vaccine rollout. As of Jan. 28, the city distributed 7,800 of its 8,900 allocated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Evanston hospitals and qualified individuals...