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Fairfax, Montgomery say data shows inequities in distribution of coronavirus vaccine
Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo and Jenna Portnoy, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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Health officials receive coronavirus vaccines at a clinic in December in Silver Spring, Md.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
Health officials in the Washington region s two most populous jurisdictions grappled Tuesday with how to equitably distribute the coronavirus vaccine as they continue to receive too few doses to inoculate eligible seniors and essential workers.
Fairfax and Montgomery county leaders said new data shows the difficulties both localities are having in reaching communities disproportionately affected by the virus. Meanwhile, government officials announced Tuesday that two Montgomery residents have tested positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus.
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Correctional officers stand at the entrance to the Greensville Correctional Center Nov. 10, 2009 near Jarratt, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/TNS)
Since 1608, Virginia has executed more people than any other state. It may now abolish the death penalty.
But after more than 400 years, the state’s days of capital punishment may be numbered.
Though Virginia has executed more people than any other state since Colonial times, it’s been nearly four years since its last execution and 10 years since juries handed down the state’s last two death sentences.
There are only two inmates on Virginia’s death row both stemming from Norfolk cases down from a peak of 40 in 1998.