NEW YORK – Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S.
vaccination campaign and in the thick of a virus surge that has throngs of people seeking tests daily.Snow fell from northern Virginia to parts of New England on Wednesday.
It carried on north into the evening, sustaining a storm that was poised to drop as much as 2 feet (0.6 meters) of snow in some places by Thursday.Officials said they didn’t expect the winter blast to disrupt vaccine distribution, which began Monday for frontline health care workers.U.S.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that the government is tracking the vaccine shipments precisely, has staffers already in place to.