More in state made eligible for covid shots
After disappointing turnouts at mass vaccination clinics over the weekend, Arkansas is expanding access to covid-19 vaccines to all remaining categories in Phase 1-B of the state's inoculation road map, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced in a news conference Monday morning.
Those remaining categories include essential government workers, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, grocery store and meal delivery service employees and manufacturing, public transportation and postal/package delivery staffs, among others.
"All of those who are dealing in a public facing or close environment or a critical industry that needs to be covered," the governor said.
Opening up the additional categories adds some 180,000 who are now eligible for shots as of Monday. The parameters of some of the additional categories are unclear.
Read more: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/mar/09/more-in-state-made-eligible-for-covid-shots/
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