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New county-by-county numbers in New Jersey show white residents are receiving COVID-19 vaccines at nearly twice the rate of Black and Latino people. The disparities are the widest in the southern end of the state but remain sizeable in denser, urban counties in the north.
A WNYC/Gothamist analysis of state health data shows the biggest difference in Burlington County, where white people received doses at nearly three times the rate of Black residents. Burlington also ranks highest in the vaccine racial gap between white community members versus all other peoples of color. The chasm between whites and Latinos is largest in Cape May County, where white residents accounted for 2.5 times the doses as Latinos. Statewide, white residents received doses at 2.17 times the rate of Black people a
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Birmingham: Declaring the COVID-19 pandemic “absolutely” managed despite lagging vaccinations, Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday that she will end a health order meant to guard against the spread of an illness that has killed nearly 11,000 people statewide. Citing improved infection rates, fewer hospitalizations and more widespread immunizations, Ivey said the current order recommending that people follow health guidance and requiring some precautions for senior citizens and long-term care facilities will end May 31, barring a sharp rise in cases. The declared state of emergency will end July 6, she said in a statement. “For over a year now, Alabamians, like people around the globe, have made sacrifices and adjusted to a temporary ‘new normal.’ We have learned much since last year, and this is absolutely now a managed pandemic. Our infection rates and
N.J. set to lift most indoor COVID capacity limits. Here’s what experts have to say.
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On May 19, New Jersey is poised to take its biggest steps so far to relax the widespread health restrictions officials put in place to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Fourteen months after its outbreak began, the state will eliminate fixed capacity indoor limits for restaurants, retail businesses, churches, and more, as long as patrons or groups can be kept 6 feet apart. The state will also end all outdoor gathering limits. People will still be required to keep wearing masks in public, as well as outdoors when they can’t practice social distancing.
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United StatesTake the shot, get a ticket: New York baseball fans offered new perk to get vaccinated
Peter Szekely
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New York s Major League Baseball teams, the Yankees and the Mets, will give free tickets to fans who get vaccinated against the coronavirus at their ballparks before the games, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.
âIf you get a vaccination, they will give you a free ticket to the game,â Cuomo said at a press briefing.
In a further move toward returning the country s largest city to pre-pandemic normality, Cuomo also announced that tickets to Broadway shows would go on sale on Thursday for performances beginning on Sept. 14.