Providence, RI) -- Questions are being asked about who should get the COVID-19 vaccine next in Rhode Island, and also about who has already gotten it. Lieutenant Governor Dan McKee says the Ocean State should make teachers and people 65 and older a higher priority. Those groups are not part of the ongoing Phase 1 of distribution. Meanwhile, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha [[ nair-OH-nuh ]] sent letters to Lifespan and Care New England on Monday asking for documentation of how the state's two largest hospital groups are administering the vaccine. This comes after outcry over reports that board members got the shot prematurely. The head of Care New England Dr. James Fanale [[ fuh-NAHL-ee ]] said in an interview with WPRI-TV there was no line-jumping, and that the shots were given out based on state health department recommendations.
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