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Governor Admits to Problems With Vaccine Rollout in Hard-Hit Communities

Governor Admits to Problems With Vaccine Rollout in Hard-Hit Communities

FromKQED's The California Report


Governor Admits to Problems With Vaccine Rollout in Hard-Hit Communities

FromKQED's The California Report

ratings:
Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Out of the more than seven million vaccine doses that have been administered thus far, more than 32 percent have gone to white Californians. Governor Newsom said the state is not doing enough to help the hardest-hit communities, when it comes to vaccinations.

State legislators will begin a busy session in Sacramento on Monday. Among the agenda items -- a possible plan to reopen schools, that has already received pushback Governor Newsom.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED

Improving coronavirus reached the threshold on Friday to allow for schools to reopen. In addition to public elementary schools, private ones like those within the San Bernardino Catholic Diocese can now reopen as well.
Reporter: Benjamin Purper, KVCR

One of the Trump administration’s most controversial changes to U.S. immigration policies was its so called “Remain in Mexico” program, but it's being rolled back by the Biden administration. A group of asylum-seekers was processed at the San Ysidro Port of Entry late last week.
Reporter: Max Rivlin Nadler, KPBS 
Released:
Feb 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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