Federal government asking states to speed vaccine, not hold back 2nd dose
Frontline health care workers get vaccinated for COVID-19 at Methodist University Hospital Dec. 17, 2020. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said Tuesday.
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