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Florida seeks to stop arrival of immigrants to state
Read full article: Florida seeks to stop arrival of immigrants to stateAll Florida government agencies would be prohibited from doing business with transportation companies that bring immigrants who are in the country illegally into the state under a priority bill for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
State senators raise questions about vaccine rollout
Read full article: State senators raise questions about vaccine rolloutBut the state has received far fewer doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines than would be needed to vaccinate those seniors or the broader population. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 29.38 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been distributed nationwide. A separate state health department report showed the state had administered 707,428 doses as of Tuesday and that 61,158 people had received the required two doses. But the state provided no blueprint for the hospitals to follow, and the state’s rollout efforts have been widely criticized as botched. “A million doses a month, 22 million people, that’s a maximum of 22 months.