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Ohio announces winner of first vaccination lottery

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The US state of Ohio has announced the winners of its first lottery draw for Covid-19 vaccine recipients.

Abbigail Bugenske, from a Cincinnati suburb, has scooped the Midwestern state’s first $1m (£700,000) Vax-a-Million prize.

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A teenager, Joseph Costello of the Dayton area, won the first college scholarship offered under the same incentive scheme.

The initiative was launched this month to boost flagging take-up of the shots.

Four more $1m and college scholarship winners will be announced each Wednesday for the next four weeks under the programme.

A shot for a shot at $1m

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By Caché McClay, BBC News

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