(Providence, RI) -- April 19th is being set as the date when all Rhode Islanders will become eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. That announcement was made on Thursday, one day after neighboring Massachusetts made the same announcement with the same date. But eligibility won't mean instant inoculation: state officials expect everyone who wants a shot will be able to get one by the early summer. Governor Dan McKee and Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott yesterday urged Rhode Islanders to continue social-distancing and wearing masks to help finally overcome the pandemic.
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