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• White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11 (AUDIO) October 20, 2021
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, the White House said Wednesday as it detailed plans for the expected authorization of the Pfizer shot for younger children in a matter of weeks. Federal regulators […]
• Canada to require COVID-19 vaccinations for federal lawmakers October 20, 2021
  OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s House of Commons will require all lawmakers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 when they return to work next month, potentially locking out some members of parliament from the official opposition Conservatives. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau narrowly won re-election last month, saying he would insist on vaccine mandates for federal […]
• U.S. Naval facility in Maryland on lockdown over bomb threat October 20, 2021
  (Reuters) -A U.S. Navy facility in Bethesda, Maryland, which houses the famed Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, was on lockdown on Wednesday due to a bomb threat, the military facility posted on Twitter. All personnel at the Naval Support Activity Bethesda facility were ordered to shelter in place after the base received an anonymous […]