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PLUS A FEW MINUTES. NIGEL: THANK YOU. SOUTH CAROLINA IS HEADED INTO PHASE 1B OF VACCINE ROLLOUT. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED, IT WILL START MONDAY, AND INCLUDES ALMOST THREE MILLION PEOPLE. GABRIELLA: OUR KYLIE JONES IS JOINING US LIVE NOW WITH A BREAKDOWN. KYLIE, WHO WILL BE ELIGIBLE? KYLI GABBY AND NIGEL, GOOD MORNING. A BIG GROUP AMONGST PHASE 1B, IS TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF. DHEC’S DIRECTOR SAYING HE HOPES SOUTH CAROLINA CAN REACH HERD IMMUNITY BY THE SUMMER. HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF WHO EXACTLY IS ELIGIBLE. ANYONE AGES 55 AND UP, PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19, PEOPLE AGES 16 TO 64 WITH A HIGH RISK MEDICAL CONDITION, PEOPLE WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL OR SEVER HIGH-RI DISABILITY, PEOPLE IN CONGREGATE LIVING, GROUP HOMES, OR SHELTERS. ALSO IN PHASE 1B, FRONTLINE WORKERS WITH INCREASED RISK ON THE JOB. THIS INCLUDES TEACHERS, SCHOOL STAFF, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND GROCERY STORE WORKERS FALL. — GROCERY STORE WORKERS. DHEC SAYS PHASE 1C SHOULD START ON APRIL 12, INCLUDING ANYONE AGES 45 UP, AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS. PHASE TWO IS EXPECTED TO START ON MAY THIRD, INCLUDING ALL SOUTH CAROLINIANS AGES 16 AND UP. GABBY AND NIGE NIGEL: THANK YOU. TODAY, NORTH CAROLINA IS MOVING TO PHASE 3 OF ITS VACCINE ROLLOUT PLAN. GABRIELLA: THE STATE IS LETTING ALL FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS GET VACCINATED, A WEEK EARLIER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED. THIS INCLUDES FIRST RESPONDERS. PEOPLE WHO WORK IN-PERSON IN MANUFACTURING. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE EMPLOYEES. GROCERY STORE WORKERS. GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND CLERGY. NIGEL: TODAY IN GEORGIA, GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP IS SET TO ANNOUNCE HOW THE STATE WIL DISTRIBUTE THE FIRST BATCH OF JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINES. GEORGIA IS SET TO GET 83,000 DOSES IN THE FIRST BATCH. GOVERNOR KEMP’S OFFICE SAYS THE SHIPMENT WILL ARRIVE JUST IN TIME FOR MORE GROUPS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION ON MONDAY, INCLUDING TEACHERS. GABRIELLA: SOUTH CAROLIN OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN MORE THAN 976,000 DOSES OF THE COVID VACCINE. NORTH CAROLINA HAS GIVEN OUT MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION DOSES. AND GEORGIA, MORE THAN 2.1 MILLION. NIGEL: WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THE VACCINE ROLLOUT, EXTENDING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. GABRIELLA: JARRED HILL JOINS US FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU, WITH THE LATEST ON PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S PLAN. JARRED: GABBY AND NIGEL, THE PRESIDENT SAYS THERE WILL BE ENOUGH VACCINES FOR EVERY ADULT AMERICAN TWO MONTHS EARLIER THAN THE WHITE HOUSE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS WE’RE NOW LOOKING AT THE END OF MAY. NOT JULY THIS NEWS COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT DRUG COMPANY MERCK, WHICH FAILED TO MAKE ITS OWN, WILL INSTEAD HELP COMPETITOR JOHNSON & JOHNSON MANUFACTURE ITS SINGLE-SHOT VACCINE. THAT’S ON TOP OF THE PFIZER AND MODERNA TWO-DOSE INOCULATIONS ALREADY ON THE MARKET. ALSO, TO HELP GET SCHOOLS OPEN, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS URGING THE STATES TO PRIORITIZE TEACHERS, MAKING SURE THEY GET AT LEAST ONE DOSE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. BACK TO YOU. GABRIELLA: THANK YOU. COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND DOLLY PARTON GOT HER FIRST SHOT OF THE MODERNA VACCINE. THAT’S THE ONE SHE HELPED DEVELOP WITH A ONE MILLION-DOLLAR DONATION. DURING THE VIDEO SHE SHARED, PARTON SANG PART OF HER HIT SONG “JOLENE,” REPLACING “JOLENE” WITH “VACCINE.” NIGEL: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SEPTEMBER, SOUTH CAROLINA D-HEC REPORTED FEWER THAN 500 NEW COVID CASES. 4.6% OF REPORTED TEST RESULTS WERE POSITIVE. NORTH CAROLINA REPORTED MORE THAN 1200 NEW CASES. AND GEORGIA, NEARLY 1800 NEW CASES. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT THE LATEST CASE AND CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DEATH TOTALS, ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA. REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND THIS INFORMATION ON WYFF4.COM, OR OUR MOBILE APP. GABRIELLA: RIGHT NOW, SCAMMERS ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO GET THE COVID VACCINE. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WANT YOU TO WATCH OUT FOR TEXTS OR ROBOCALLS, ASKING YOU TO PAY MONEY UP FRONT TO GET ON A VACCINE LIST OFFICIALS SAY DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS ABOUT FAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A SHOT, AND DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER. CALL POLICE IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN SCAMMED. NIGEL: TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI ARE LIFTING MASK MANDATES. THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS SAYS THE STATE WILL BE 100% OPEN BY NEXT WEDNESDAY. THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS COME AFTER THE CDC WARNED AGAINST COMPLACENCY, WITH EMERGING CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS. GABRIELLA: IN-PERSON PROCEEDIN AT COURTS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE ORDER AUTHORIZES MARCH 13. IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS TO BEGIN AT CIRCUIT, FAMILY, PROBATE, AND MASTER-IN-EQUITY COURTS ON MARCH 15. CIRCUIT COURTS IN THE STATE MAY BEGIN HOLDING JURY TRIALS ON APRIL 5. COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS…