A Year After W.H.O. Declared Virus Pandemic, More U.S. States Expand Access to Vaccines Last Updated March 24, 2021, 5:36 p.m. ETMarch 24, 2021, 5:36 p.m. ET Georgia, Minnesota and New York are among those offering shots to more people. In Ukraine, misinformation is hobbling inoculation efforts. Here’s what you need to know: Grand Central Terminal in New York the day after the W.H.O. declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on March 11 last year.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times When the first cases of a mysterious, fast-spreading illness arose a little more than a year ago in China, the danger struck some around the world as contained, or at least containable.