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News Articles: vaccine allocation

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder (right) and Berlin's Mayor Michael Mueller, participate in a news conference following talks via videoconference with Germany's state premiers on the extension of the current COVID-19 lockdown in Germany.

'Basically In A New Pandemic,' Says Merkel, As Germany Extends Lockdown

The German chancellor announces an intensified coronavirus lockdown going into Easter, warning that new mutations raise the specter of a potentially deadly "third wave" of COVID-19.

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  • Scott Neuman
The vaccination operation at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany recently.

Georgia Offers Massive Expansion Of Vaccines

Gov. Kemp announced today that all adults in Georgia over the age of 16 will be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19 beginning April, if supply and data allow. Adults 55 and up will be eligible Monday, March 15, along with people with health conditions. 

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A flu vaccine is administered at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, in San Fernando, Calif. Emergency use authorization is expected soon for vaccines for COVID-19.

Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.

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  • Pien Huang