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The seven-day average of new daily cases last surpassed 1,000 on Oct. 22 and had fallen to 561 on Nov. 10, according to state health department reports.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt argues Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin overstepped his constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the mandate, which applies to active-duty military members.
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A directive says National Guard members who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be barred from required training and not paid. Lankford submitted an amendment to the annual defense spending bill to cancel out Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's order.
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Union Public Schools will continue requiring students, staff and visitors to wear masks until at least January.
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin suggested Guard troops who refuse the shots could lose their federal status, which could impact their pay and future benefits.
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All adults who are six months past their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccines can now get a third shot to boost immunity.
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“We have decided to lift our vaccination/testing requirements,” citing a decline in coronavirus cases and an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in Oklahoma County, according to a team statement.
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Restore Hope, the nonprofit administering the city and county’s assistance programs, has distributed more than $750,000 to other organizations to help reach more people eligible for the funds.
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Attorney General John O’Connor said Oklahoma has a shortage of nurses as it was, and the mandate would worsen the situation.
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Their rhetoric included misleading or false claims about COVID vaccines and the efficacy of masks, as well as repeated comparisons of the present-day United States to the political climate in Germany before the Nazis took control.