Harriet Tubman, Marilyn Governor Larry Hogan, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News

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P news 6 22 Marilyn governor Larry Hogan has proclaimed 2022 the year of Harriet Tubman The abolitionist helped advance freedom for African Americans during the Civil War era Hogan made the declaration yesterday during a visit to the Harriet Tubman underground railroad state park and visitor center in church creek She forged her indelible legacy of freedom But the celebration of her life should not end this week or this month So today I'm pleased to announce that we here in the state of Maryland are officially declaring 2022 as the year Of Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman whose birth name was araminta Ross was born into slavery in 1822 in dorchester county Maryland A new COVID outbreak in China is leading to the shutdown of a major city The business and tech hub of Shenzhen a city of 17 million people in southern China went into lockdown on Sunday after 60 new COVID cases were confirmed there Restaurants are closed and employees will have to work from home all week while health workers begin the enormous task of testing every resident three times as part of an all out national effort to contain the worst COVID outbreak in China in two years That was CBS's Elizabeth Palmer reporting from Bangkok Thailand Pfizer CEO Albert bourla says coronavirus vaccines could be an annual thing to keep people safe from hospitalization and death he tells CBS face the nation They're working on a vaccine that could be more effective for a longer period of time We know that the duration of the protection doesn't last very long So what we are trying to do when we are working very diligently right now it is to make not only a vaccine that will protect against all variants including omega But also something that can protect for at least a year Borla said Pfizer plans to submit data to the FDA about the need for a fourth dose And another lawmaker who attended the House democratic retreat this past week has tested positive for COVID-19 representative Zoe lofgren of California wrote on Twitter She was tested in keeping with post travel testing protocols representative rosa delauro of Connecticut announced her breakthrough COVID case Saturday both say they have.

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