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Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, left, and Dr. David Fleeger, right, greet each other with an elbow touch before the start of a press conference on the coronavirus by Governor Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas on March 13, 2020. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (Julia Robinson/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued guidance toward shortening quarantine after COVID-19 exposure. (NIAID/TNS)

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PAISD Lincoln Middle School goes virtual due to coronavirus case

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A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval.

SE Texas hospitals prepping to administer COVID-19 vaccine

A line wraps around the building at the Friday opening of 1701 Barbecue in Beaumont, which had its grand opening Tuesday. Photo taken Friday, December 4, 2020 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

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Counncilmen Taylor Nield and Mike Getz join in the discussion at Beaumont's weekly city council meeting, during which a motion proposed by Audwin Samuel to remove the Confederate statue in Wiess Park was discussed and brought up for a vote Tuesday. Photo taken Tuesday, June 23, 2020 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Vote to formalize evening meetings for Beaumont council postponed

Alert: US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak

Dec. 10, 2020Updated: Dec. 10, 2020 4:39 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — US panel endorses Pfizer COVID-19 shot in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak.