All 50 states now have expanded or will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and up

health experts say. Because the study suggests infections are rare, transmission is likely rare to this. As vaccines ramp up at sites like this one, I'm not going to hurt encouraging news on the vaccine front. A new study from the C. D. C. Revealing both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are highly effective in preventing covid infections in real world conditions. I think it should reassure people that the vaccine is doing what we hope hope for more. The study looked at 3950 frontline workers, including healthcare personnel and first responders, who are at high risk of exposure because of their occupations and were among the first to receive the shots. Two weeks after both doses, the vaccines were 90% effective at preventing infections, and single doses were 80% Doctor Gabriella Andrew had Vasquez, an infectious disease physician at Tufts Medical Center, says because the study suggests infections are rare, transmission is likely rare to now. We know more and more data as we go through the months of vaccinating people that is effective also has symptomatic disease and parole transmissions. The study was done over a 13 week period from December to March, when variants were already present in the U. S. If you get infected with a variant, um, it's likely that you will just get very mild disease because the vaccines are 100% effective even in the setting of variants against death and and hospitalization, which is important. Is it because, And the findings in this study are consistent with those of the clinical trial we're live in Boston tonight Natalie Pozo, wcbb News Center five

Video above: Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 90% effective in real-world conditions, CDC saysAll 50 states have announced when they plan to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations — if they haven't done so already.Arkansas is the latest state to announce plans to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, starting on Tuesday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced.A dozen other states already also have expanded coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older. And several states that previously announced plans to open up vaccine eligibility by early May have changed their timelines to open up in late March or early April.Below is the timeline for when those and other states have said they will open vaccination eligibility to the general public:— March 9: Alaska— March 16: Mississippi— March 22: West Virginia—March 24: Utah and certain state-run sites in Arizona— March 25: Georgia— March 29: Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, North Dakota, Louisiana and Kansas— March 30: Minnesota, Arkansas— March 31: Indiana, South Carolina— April 1: Montana, Connecticut— April 2: New Hampshire, Colorado— April 5: Michigan, Tennessee, Idaho, Iowa, Florida, Nevada, Wisconsin— April 6: New York, Delaware— April 7: North Carolina, Maine— April 9: Missouri— April 12: Illinois, Kentucky— April 15: California, Washington— April 19: Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania— April 27: Maryland— April, no set date: New Mexico, Virginia, Wyoming— May 1: Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Alabama, New JerseyFor all states currently vaccinating anyone 16 and older, people ages 16 or 17 can only receive a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, as it is the only option authorized for use in that population so far.The vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are authorized for use in adults 18 and older.

Video above: Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 90% effective in real-world conditions, CDC says

All 50 states have announced when they plan to open up coronavirus vaccinations to everyone eligible under U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations — if they haven't done so already.

Arkansas is the latest state to announce plans to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older, starting on Tuesday, .

A dozen other states already also have expanded coronavirus vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older. And several states that previously announced plans to open up vaccine eligibility by early May have changed their timelines to open up in late March or early April.

Below is the timeline for when those and other states have said they will open vaccination eligibility to the general public:

— March 9: Alaska

— March 16: Mississippi

— March 22: West Virginia

—March 24: Utah and certain state-run sites in Arizona

— March 25: Georgia

— March 29: Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, North Dakota, Louisiana and Kansas

— March 30: Minnesota, Arkansas

— March 31: Indiana, South Carolina

— April 1: Montana, Connecticut

— April 2: New Hampshire, Colorado

— April 5: Michigan, Tennessee, Idaho, Iowa, Florida, Nevada, Wisconsin

— April 6: New York, Delaware

— April 7: North Carolina, Maine

— April 9: Missouri

— April 12: Illinois, Kentucky

— April 15: California, Washington

— April 19: Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania

— April 27: Maryland

— April, no set date: New Mexico, Virginia, Wyoming

— May 1: Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Hawaii, Alabama, New Jersey

For all states currently vaccinating anyone 16 and older, people ages 16 or 17 can only receive a Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, as it is the only option authorized for use in that population so far.

The vaccines made by Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are authorized for use in adults 18 and older.

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