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VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive

Vice President Kamala Harris is stopping in South Carolina as part of a monthlong push by the White House to get more Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 before the July 4 holiday By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America June 14, 2021, 5:56 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article GREENVILLE,… Read More: VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive »

South Africa returns to stricter lockdown, virus ‘surging’

Loading the player… South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31% higher than the… Read More: South Africa returns to stricter lockdown, virus ‘surging’ »

How a Volunteer Army is Trying to Vaccinate Black People in the Rural South

Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story ‘All Hands on Deck’: When Vaccinating Black People Is a Communal Effort In the face of limited transportation, patchy internet service and threadbare medical care, community leaders in Alabama and Mississippi are trying to shrink the racial disparities in vaccine access. Dorothy… Read More: How a Volunteer Army is Trying to Vaccinate Black People… »