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Health Minute: People 16 and older are now eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine

April 21, 2021 7:21 PM

Published April 21, 2021 7:05 PM

COVID-19 vaccines are available for everyone 16 and older and health officials say there are enough vaccines to go around

(KYMA, KECY/ CNN) - In this segment of Health Minute, it is said that one out of four Americans are now fully vaccinated.

People 16 and older are now eligible for the vaccine no matter where they live.

Officials say nine out of ten Americans now live within 5 miles of a vaccination site. There are enough vaccines as 28 million vaccines shipped to states last week.

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Mercedes Martinez

Mercedes Martinez joined the KSWT team as anchor/producer in October 2020. You can catch her on 13 On Your Side at 4:00pm.

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