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Provo, UT – According to the state officials, with the full authorization of the Pfizer vaccine, it makes House Bill 308 essentially over. The House Bill 308 was passed in the 2021 legislative session and it was blocking government from mandating the emergency COVID-19 vaccine. But, the FDA authorizing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Monday meant the bill expired. It is unclear if governments in Utah will start requiring it of employees, or schools will start requiring vaccination of students. The University of Utah is in discussions about whether to implement any mandates. The state officials say that the COVID-19 vaccine…

Provo, UT – According to the health officials, 14 COVID-19 related deaths were reported as well. Officials say the new cases were confirmed out of 7,878 people tested. The rolling seven-day average daily of positive tests is 1,010 per day. The average rate of people who test positive is 13.6%. Health care workers administered 9,280 more vaccine doses since the previous day, bringing the total number of vaccinations given in the state to 3,166,428. 399 people in the state are hospitalized with the disease.