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District of Columbia Health Officer Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt speaks during a news conference following an event to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to front-line workers during a vaccine event at Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP) **FILE**

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In this March 15, 2021, file photo, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser takes a question during a coronavirus update at a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, photo Wallace Charles Smith, 72, who is a pastor at Shiloh Baptist Church, receives his first COVID-19 vaccination by nurse Michelle Martin, at United Medical Center in southeast Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Belfast, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom, one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus, is beginning its vaccination campaign, a key step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Liam McBurney/Pool via AP)

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