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 People aged 16 years and above who have underlying medical
conditions that increase the risk of serious, life-threatening
complications from COVID-19, should be among those offered the
vaccine first, according to the U.S. health agency's latest
recommendations. (https://bit.ly/3anqDK6)
Majority of U.S. states have already expanded their COVID-19 vaccine
rollouts to people from this age group. Alaska was the first state
to lower statewide eligibility to age 16 and was followed by states
including Georgia, Texas and California.
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 Earlier in April, U.S.
President Joe Biden had directed states to widen
the vaccine eligibility to people aged 18 or
above by April 19. No COVID-19 vaccine is
authorized yet for those under 16, although
testing is underway.
More than half of U.S. adults have received at
least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to
CDC.
(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru;
Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)
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