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Montgomery: Officials said Tuesday that the state will see a slight increase, about 16%, in COVID-19 vaccine doses coming in federal shipments, but the ongoing shortage remains the chief obstacle to getting more people inoculated. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. is boosting deliveries to hard-pressed states over the next three weeks to increase vaccinations. “I’m pleased that Alabama will receive a slight increase in our vaccine supply. Any margin of increase is appreciated, but we have a long way to go to be able to provide them to any Alabamian who wants one,” Gov. Kay Ivey said Tuesday. State Health Officer Scott Harris said Alabama will receive an additional 10,000 first doses in its upcoming delivery. The state had been receiving about 50,000 to 60,000 first doses each week but will s
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Elementary students are returning to Salt Lake City schools in person for the first time since March
Almost two-thirds of elementary students have chosen to attend classes in person.
| Jan. 25, 2021, 7:51 p.m.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Parents walk their Escalante Elementary students back to class in Salt Lake City head back to class, January, 25, 2021. Salt Lake City School District reopened all of the district s elementary schools to in-person learning on Monday. It is the first time students in kindergarten through sixth grade are back in the classroom for a full day of school since they first closed for the pandemic in March 2020.