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Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Booster shots now available for more Vermonters MONTPELIER —The Agency of Human Services and the Department of Health announced that Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are now available to people in Vermont who are 65 and ...
5:09 Vermont Governor Phil Scott says the state still hasn’t reached his COVID vaccination threshold goal to completely reopen the state. In April state officials announced a reopening plan based on projected vaccination rates called Vermont Forward. It set gradual goals to eliminate restrictions and reopen fully on July 4th. On May 21st Vermont’s Republican governor announced that the goals in the plan were being reached sooner than anticipated and said if the state hit an 80 percent vaccination rate he would lift any remaining restrictions and mandates that day. Based on the pace of s...
Vermont is getting closer to opening day, but it isn't there yet. The state lifted its 10 p.m. curfew for bars and clubs Saturday. Gov. Phil Scott previously indicated he would make the change once 80% of Vermont's eligible population received at least one dose of the vaccine. The governor accelerated the change before Vermont hit that threshold due to an increased rate of people in the 18-to-29 age bracket getting vaccinated. Still, there are a few things that still need to happen before Vermont fully opens its doors. The state is currently in step three of its Vermont Forward plan,...
Vermont is nearing its goal of vaccinating 80 percent of its population against COVID-19. But thousands more Vermonters need the jab before pandemic