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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with Bavaria's State Premier Markus Soeder (right) and Berlin's Mayor Michael Mueller, participate in a news conference following talks via videoconference with Germany's state premiers on the extension of the current COVI

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Health & Safety

'Basically In A New Pandemic,' Says Merkel, As Germany Extends Lockdown

12:00pm March 23, 2021

by Scott Neuman

The German chancellor announces an intensified coronavirus lockdown going into Easter, warning that new mutations raise the specter of a potentially deadly "third wave" of COVID-19.

A flu vaccine is administered at a walk-up COVID-19 testing site, in San Fernando, Calif. Emergency use authorization is expected soon for vaccines for COVID-19.

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Initial Batch Of COVID-19 Vaccines Will Go To States Based On Population, Not Risk

9:26pm November 24, 2020

by Pien Huang

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.