Butte-Silver Bow Health Dept. confirms 11 additional COVID-19 related fatalities
Next mass vaccination clinic still on tentative status
MTN News
and last updated 2021-02-02 13:05:59-05
BUTTE â The Butte-Silver Bow Health Department confirmed on Monday 11 additional COVID-19-related fatalities.
Nine of the 11 fatalities occurred in November and December and were added to the Health Departmentâs fatality count due to a review of records and routine reconciliation of cases with state officials, according to Health Officer Karen Sullivan.
Two of the fatalities occurred in January. Six of the fatalities are associated with community members at large, while two are associated with Continental Care and Rehabilitation Center. One fatality is associated with each of the following care homes â The Springs at Butte, BeeHive Homes of Butte, and Crest Nursing Home.
Low inventory forcing Butte to scale back COVID vaccination clinic
Butte s upcoming vaccination clinic is being hampered by a low inventory of COVID-19 vaccines.
By: John Emeigh
and last updated 2021-01-28 12:18:09-05
BUTTE â Butte s upcoming vaccination clinic is being hampered by a low inventory of COVID-19 vaccines.
Butte s health department will be scaling back this Wednesdayâs vaccinations at the Butte Civic Center after reporting it only received 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine.
John Emeigh
Like last week s clinic, Butte s Unified Health Command will only focus on vaccinating those 80 and older this Wednesday.
Health officials will then reach out to those 79 and 78 years old if there are leftover vaccines.
BILLINGS - According to responses RiverStone Health received from its online COVID-19 vaccination readiness survey the great majority of Yellowstone County residents definitely or probably plan to get a COVID-19
Survey shows high COVID-19 vaccination participation in Yellowstone County
By: Q2 News
and last updated 2021-01-27 19:57:14-05
(Editor Note: RiverStone Health Press Release)
BILLINGS - The great majority of Yellowstone County residents definitely or probably plan to get a COVID-19 vaccination as soon as it becomes available to them, according to responses RiverStone Health received from its online COVID-19 vaccination readiness survey.
The survey was open from December 18 to January 15. Among 4,003 respondents, about 69% said they âdefinitelyâ will get a vaccine and about 10% more said they âprobablyâ will get the vaccine as soon as it is available to them. Only 16% said âdefinitely notâ or âprobably notâ when asked about getting a COVID-19 vaccination. Just over 4% are ânot sureâ about getting vaccinated.