Several US states announced broad expansions of their Covid-19 vaccine rollouts, with California opening immunisations to all adults aged 50 and older starting April 1 and Florida making anyone 40 and up eligible from Monday.
California, the most populous state, said it would further widen vaccine eligibility to all individuals at least 16 years of age beginning April 15, while Florida, ranking third in US population, said it would lower its age threshold to 18 and up on April 5.
North Carolina said it was accelerating its timeline for vaccination eligibility to begin making shots available to all adults on April 7, Reuters reported.
