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Vaccine Eligibility Opening Up

Vaccine Eligibility Opening Up

Kim Malsam-Rysdon Photo: WNAX


As Covid-19 vaccine supplies increase, more people will be eligible for the shots.
South Dakota Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says the priority list is expanding…..(NEWS1)(One E)(:18)

Malsam-Rysdon says more details can be found on the covid dot sd dot gov website..

President Biden announced that all adults that wanted a shot should be able to get one by May first. Malsam-Rysdon says they are ahead of that time line….

Just over twenty percent of the states eligible population has been vaccinated.

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