President Biden said Tuesday that he is speeding up the deadline for states to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine — to April 19. “No more confusing rules. No more confusing restrictions,” Mr. Biden said in a speech from the White House

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A Kansas City area resident has become the first person in Missouri confirmed to have contracted an emerging COVID-19 variant that has spread across 34 other states, state public health officials said Tuesday. The new strain, known as the South African variant, was found in an adult person living somewhere in Jackson County. In a statement Tuesday, Randall Williams, the director of Missouri’s public health department, said “prevention measures” should be put in place as more positive cases of the COVID-19 variants are identified. And people should still consider getting vaccinated when they are able, Williams said.

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