The Latest: 3 Washington counties to tighten pandemic rules
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1of15Karl Pajak, 28, right, and Yuting Yu, 22, fill out forms to get the Moderna vaccine at a vaccination center in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, April 12, 2021. The city of Los Angeles has opened up vaccines to younger people, days ahead of the state broadening eligibility to everyone 16 and up.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15Manuwara Begun, 46, sorts out garbage collected from households in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Begun lives in a cardboard hut behind a five-star hotel in the heart of New Delhi and feels the inequity keenly. Trash pickers often find it hard to get vaccines because they are not considered by the government to be essential workers or cannot afford to wait at overburdened public hospitals for free shots. Chintan estimates that each year, those like her save the local government over $50 million and eliminate over 900,000 tons of carbon dioxide by diverting waste away from landfills.Manish Swarup/APShow MoreShow Less