Locality [noun]

States and localities that used Eventbrite or other first-come, first-served systems may not have an easy way to guarantee appointments for second doses.

There is some limited data, both nationwide and from other localities, that show Filipinos have been hit harder than other groups.

Many states and localities across the US are offering online tools like websites and apps as the primary way to register for vaccine appointments.

The situation underscored the difficulty that localities and health departments face in balancing the ballooning eligibility pools while not having enough vaccine to go around.

Several localities have been unable to vaccinate people in Phase 1B, which started this week.

Vaccine doses were sent to the states slower than expected, but a continuing problem is that localities and states aren’t even using the majority of the doses they have.

After Arizona became the epicenter of an early summer crisis, Ducey, who opposed shutdowns and mask mandates, reversed himself by allowing localities to impose mandatory masking and temporarily closed bars, gyms and theaters.

Testifying before Congress, he lamented that we “lack sufficient biosurveillance efforts to detect spillover events and have not developed guidance for localities on how to manage such an event if it were to happen.”

Rural Campbell County, near Lynchburg, has passed a resolution rejecting Northam’s executive orders to combat the pandemic, though he did not mention localities by name.

Some of these localities, like Los Angeles County and the city of Chicago, have millions of workers.