Washington, D.C. restaurant workers targeted to receive vaccines starting Feb. 1, but other city and state vaccination schedules remain unclear

After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prioritized restaurant workers in December as “other essential workers” and part of the third group in the first wave (group 1c) in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations, cities are beginning to provide timelines for when these essential workers will be eligible to receive vaccinations.

On Monday, Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser said in a press conference that the city’s restaurant workers have been classified as “other essential workers” and will have a target vaccination eligibility date of Feb. 1. Residents living in Virginia and Maryland will also be eligible for the vaccinations.
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RSK: This is part of the problem with the vaccine distribution...each State determines who is next in line and when. No uniformity. But that may not be all bad. States have different levels of outbreaks and populations being hit hardest.