California giving $116M vaccine prize money

By Associated Press

May 29, 2021 12:31 am

LOS ANGELES: California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money - $116.5 million - in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous state fully reopens next month.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday (Friday in Manila) announced the prizes, which include $1.5 million each for 10 Californians, the largest single award offered in any state.

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