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The Latest: California prisons to resume in-person visits

By The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California state prisons will soon resume limited in-person visits with inmates more than a year after they were halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Officials said Tuesday that visits, with precautions, will start April 10 as the prison system stabilizes after outbreaks that killed 216 inmates and 26 employees. The worst outbreak came after a botched transfer…

The Latest: Sinovac: CoronaVac vaccine effective in children

By The Associated Press

BEIJING — Sinovac said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac is safe and effective in children ages 3-17. The results were from early and mid-stage clinical trials with over 550 subjects, said Geng Zeng, the medical director at Sinovac, at a press conference. While the vaccine has already been allowed for use in adults in China, further testing was…