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The Latest: Germany to receive more than 2M vaccine doses By The Associated PressDecember 21, 2020 GMT BERLIN — German officials say they expect the country to soon receive more than 2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine that got the green light from regulators on Monday. Authorities in Berlin state said they have been informed by Health Minister Jens Spahn that the first shipment of 151,125 doses will be delivered to Germany on Dec. 26. Three further batches of almost 1.9 million doses combined will arrive on Dec. 28, Dec. 30, and in the first week of January. Germany,...

By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURNDecember 21, 2020 GMT LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — Several Kentucky long-term care facilities have started vaccinating their residents, Governor Andy Beshear announced Monday. “This is the beginning of the end for this virus. And these vaccines will save lives, especially in long term care,” Beshear said at a press conference. Deaths in the state’s assisted living and nursing homes account for two-thirds of Kentucky’s coronavirus death toll. Vaccines for those groups should be finished by early March, preventing many more deaths, the Democratic governor added. ...

UpdatedTue, Dec 22, 2020 at 2:14 pm ET Replies(3) ShopRite will be distributing the coronavirus vaccine. (Chris Dehnel/Patch) CONNECTICUT — The ShopRite supermarket chain Monday announced a partnership with federal agencies to distribute the coronavirus vaccine. The premise is to join forces with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control "to ensure Americans have access to the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available." According to the announcement, the The Pharmacy Partnership Strategy for COVID-19 Vaccination Program will provide vaccine cover...

Updated: 12:02 PM EST Dec 21, 2020 The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA on Friday, has begun shipping to recipients in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Where to get tested ||Maryland’s total allotment now includes more than 191,000 total doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.Phase 1A of Maryland’s COVID-19 vaccination plan focuses on front line healthcare workers, staff and residents of long-term care facilities, as well as first responders. Marylanders are encour...

/ Holly Ainsworth, a nursing intern at the University of Texas, prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to nurse Stephanie Vasquez in Austin. Some 620,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to land at 1,100 providers in 185 Texas counties starting Monday, including smaller and rural hospitals left out of the first shipment of doses this week, state health officials said Friday. The Texas allocation will include 159,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, most of them earmarked for long-term care facility residents, and 460,500 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Moderna, which won federal em...