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Family members of inmates in the Utah prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally Oct. 13 outside the Department of Corrections office in Draper, Utah.
Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been infected, according to data collected by The Associated Press and The Marshall Project.
As US rushes to give shots, Tennessee builds vaccine reserve
by Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 2:52 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 2:58 pm EDT
FILE - In this July 2, 2020, file photo, Liza Collins, a travel nurse from Ville Platte, La., administers a COVID-19 test at the Rutherford County Health Department, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. As states rush to inoculate health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, only Tennessee has prioritized building its own emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine. The state’s initial shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that arrived Monday, Dec. 14, was not distributed for inoculation, so health care workers had to wait until the second shipment arrived days later. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) As states rush to inoculate health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, only Tennessee has prioritized building its own emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine.
An Associated Press review of each state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans shows that Tennessee alone has specified it will hold back a small portion in “case of spoilage of vaccine shipped to facilities.” The state’s initial shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that arrived Monday was not distributed for inoculation, so health care workers had to wait until the second shipment arrived days later.
The move has baffled health care leaders, who say medical workers should take priority, especially as the state hits record case numbers.
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As other states rush to give shots, Tennessee is stockpiling them
Tennessee is the only state that is currently prioritizing building an emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine.
By KIMBERLEE KRUESIAssociated Press
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. As states rush to inoculate health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, only Tennessee has prioritized building its own emergency reserve of the coveted vaccine.
An Associated Press review of each state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans shows that Tennessee alone has specified it will hold back a small portion in “case of spoilage of vaccine shipped to facilities.” The state’s initial shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that arrived Monday was not distributed for inoculation, so health care workers had to wait until the second shipment arrived days later.