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SD Ready to Expand Covid-19 Vaccinations

SD Ready to Expand Covid-19 Vaccinations

Kim Malsam-Rysdon Photo: WNAX


South Dakota is in the top three states nationally in percentages of Covid-19 vaccinations.

State Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says the numbers have expanded rapidly in the last week…

Malsam-Rysdon says the federal government has changed the rules on distributing the vaccines…

Malsam-Rysdon says they plan to move on to the next phase of vaccinations, with the “1-D” group..

The department estimates there could be over two hundred fifty thousand people that qualify for the “1-D” group.

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