Winter Storm Wallops US Northeast
NEW YORK—A major snowstorm rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday.
Snow was falling from northern Virginia to points north of New York City by late afternoon. The storm was poised to drop as much as 2 feet of snow in some places by Thursday.
Officials said they don’t expect the winter blast to disrupt vaccine distribution for the coronavirus, which began Monday for frontline health care workers, the first group of Americans to get the shots. The first 3 million shots are being strictly limited to those workers and to nursing home residents.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that the government is tracking the vaccine shipments precisely, has staffers already in place to receive them, and believes the companies transporting them can navigate the storm.