COVID-19 coronavirus in Oklahoma

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Just 28 percent of Oklahoma's rural population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That's seven percentage points lower than the state's urban population. Now, a consortium of agriculture, business and health care groups are teaming up to try and increase vaccination rates among rural residents.

More than two dozen states have reduced how frequently they report what's happening with the pandemic, raising alarm among some public health experts.

As the academic year winds down, schools are already looking toward the next one. It’s bound to be more normal, but there's also bound to be thousands of new teachers in Oklahoma’s classrooms.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt can now consider a measure banning COVID-19 vaccine and masking requirements for unvaccinated people in schools or on college campuses.

Several sporting events in Oklahoma City will be opening up to nearly full capacity within the next few months.

Animal disease labs across the country stepped up to meet the need for COVID-19 testing. Because of their experience tracking animal diseases, the labs had the infrastructure to test and monitor the coronavirus.

The Cherokee Nation is receiving $1.8 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds as part of investment in Indian Country through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act.

To beat back the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines don’t just need to be available. They must be administered. Vaccine sites have to be organized and coordinated. Before that, testing and treatment were the focus. It took not just professionals, but volunteers, many of whom have been on the job since the crisis started, thanks to the Medical Reserve Corps.

As the 2020-21 school year winds down, Oklahoma educators are already looking forward to next fall. The state’s highest education official is optimistic for the road ahead, thanks to COVID-19 vaccines.