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Howard County police said six businesses were broken into Thursday night and four of those were Asian-owned.
One is Kung Fu Tea, near The Mall in Columbia. Its front glass door was smashed and shattered, and cash was stolen. “Not only is this an act of violence within our community, but is also an attack against Asian Americans,” said resident Mike Wong, whose wife works at the bubble tea shop.
“This attack has really hit close to home.”
Bonchon and Urban Hot Pot in Columbia also had cash stolen. Nearby Corner Bakery was broken into, but nothing was reported stolen. East Moon Asian Bistro in Ellicott City had cash stolen, and nearby Coal Fire Pizza was broken into but nothing was reported stolen.
Many county health departments say their allocation of coronavirus vaccine doses has gone down in recent weeks. Add in shipment delays and officials say that s making it difficult to efficiently vaccinate those in line around the state.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||It is clearly an issue a lot of Marylanders are concerned about. Hundreds of thousands are on waiting lists around the state. And just Monday night, Howard County held a virtual town hall on vaccine distribution, where 17,000 attended.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQs“This cut in vaccine to our local health department is devastating, not only to our ability to deliver the vaccine, but frankly, to the morale of our residents,” Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said.Howard County officials are frustrated their weekly allotment of coronavirus vaccine doses has been cut, again, despite using all of their sup