RAY BREWER IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST. RAY: THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL BOARD WAS GRANTED A WAIVER, SO THEY HAVE UNTIL MAY 3 BEFORE THEY HAVE TO BRING ALL THEIR STUDENTS BACK FULL-TIME. AT LEAST 19 OTHER DISTRICTS ALSO APPLIED FOR WAIVERS, MOST OF -- MANY CITING CONCERNS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND ABOUT THEIR STAFF NOT BEING FULLY VACCINATED. MANCHESTER IS HOLDING ITS FIRST VACCINATION CLINIC FOR STUDENTS AT MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL TODAY. CLINICS WILL ALSO BE HELD AT WEST HIGH SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY AND CENTRAL ON THURSDAY. THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH ALSO PLANNING TO HOLD A CLINIC FOR STUDENTS TODAY. ONE VACCINE THEY WILL NOT BE GETTING IS JOHNSON & JOHNSON. ADMINISTRATION OF THE J & J VACCINE WAS HALTED LAST WEEK OVER CONCERNS ABOUT RARE BLOOD CLOTS, BUT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS HE WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THE VACCINE DOESN’T COME BACK INTO PLAY BY FRIDAY. THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AT CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER IN MANCHESTER SAYS ALTHOUGH THESE CASES SHOW SEVERE COMPLICATIONS, THEY ARE EXTREMELY RARE. >> WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE’S A RISK/BENEFIT RATIO TO ANY VACCINATION, AND WE HAVE TO WEIGH THE RISK OF THESE SIDE-EFFECTS, WHICH ARE VERY RARE, APPROXIMATELY ONE IN A MILLION, AND BALANCE THAT WITH THE RISK OF THE FACT THAT 31 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE GOTTEN COVID, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 560,000 DEATHS ALONE IN THE U.S. FROM COVID. RAY: JUST LIKE ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURE, DOCTORS SAVE YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT VACCINES, YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR LOCAL PHYSICIAN. REPORTING LIVE IN MANCHESTER, RAY BREWER, WMUR NEWS 9. ERIN: THANK YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS TO PASS ALONG THIS MORNING. THE LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THE HANOVER STREET SCHOOL AND LEBANON MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE CLOSED TODAY BECAUSE MANY STAFF ARE EXPERIENCING SIDE EFFECTS AFTER GETTING VACCINATED ON SATURDAY. THE LONDONDERRY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALS