At Brown Floral in Holladay, one of Utah s longest operating flower shops, the week before Valentine s Day has the bustling atmosphere of a restaurant kitchen on a booked-out night.
Americans are expected to pay 23.9 billion for Valentine’s Day gifts, according to the latest study from the National Retail Association. Though supply chain issues have increased the price of roses, 37% of gift-givers plan to buy flowers. As many as 1 in 10 Americans will wait until the day-of to buy a Valentine’s Day gift, according to RetailMeNot.
COURTESY OF THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH
Lilly Huynh, a seventh-grader at Randolph Community Middle School, was named the winning artist in the Randolph Public Health Youth Vaccine Artwork Contest.
The committee created the contest for Randolph students in grades sixth through 12th to submit vaccine artwork to encourage their peers to get vaccinated.
Huynh’s vaccine outreach digital artwork featured manga characters holding signs touting the effectiveness and importance of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“This is just one of many approaches our outreach team has taken to ensure the message about the importance of the vaccine reaches all ages,” said Town Manager Brian Howard. “Hopefully Ms. Huynh’s artistic message will reach her peers and they will discuss the importance of the vaccine with their friends and family.”
BBC News
By The Visual and Data Journalism Team
BBC News
More than 32 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine - part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.
In a race against a faster-spreading variant of the virus, ministers have pinned their hopes for further easing of a third national lockdown on vaccinating as many adults as possible by summer.
But vaccine supply issues and have continued to make the rollout bumpy.
Who can get a vaccine now?
The UK government aims to offer a first vaccine dose to about 32 million people in nine priority groups by 15 April.