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Montgomery: The state on Monday launched an online portal for people to check their eligibility for COVID-19 vaccinations and make appointments. The Alabama Department of Public Health said the site at alcovidvaccine.gov will allow those eligible to make an appointment if shots are available in their county of choice. The portal also provides information about additional drive-thru and walk-in clinics being offered. Starting next Monday, Alabama will expand who is eligible for the vaccine to everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care reside
County s 30% restaurant capacity mandate absent key local data, damages industry Mackensy Lunsford, Asheville Citizen Times
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Buncombe County cut restaurant capacity to 30%, stricter than the state-mandated 50%, without community-based data proving local restaurants role in the spread of COVID, the county told the Citizen Times. In terms of specific local numbers, the county health staff have never been able to provide breakouts by percentage of how COVID is understood to be spread through various sectors so to speak, Buncombe County Board of Commissioners chairman Brownie Newman told the Citizen Times on Jan. 21. For example, what percentage of COVID transmission has been spread during church services, school attendance, indoor dining, other work spaces, other social gatherings, etc.