Quad Cities hospital systems, local organizations partner together to push vaccination education to Black and Brown communities
The panel of healthcare officials joined the community online to answer questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it works. Author: Andrea Flores Updated: 5:24 PM CST January 29, 2021
Both UnityPoint Health - Trinity and Genesis Health System are partnering with local organizations to openly inform Black and Brown community about the COVID-19 vaccine s safety and effectiveness.
A study done by the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that 17 percent of Black Americans and 37 percent of Latinx Americans say they would definitely get the vaccine.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center, the African-American Leadership Society at the United Way of the Quad Cities and the NAACP branches in Rock Island and Davenport were involved in the virtual event COVID-19 Vaccine: Is it safe? Effective? Is it for me? on Jan. 28, 2021.
Friday, January 29, 2021
By David Jenkins/Standard Democrat
Dana Eby with the New Madrid County Health Department prepares to give Phil Newman of New Madrid the first dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine. The Health Department has vaccinated 200 residents and will continue to work through its waiting list as it receives more doses. Those wishing to get vaccinated should register at : www.newmadridcountyhealthdept.com/covid-waiting-list.php
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While Cape Girardeau County is tops in Missouri in the percentage of residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccine, Scott County ranks second in the state.
In numbers reported Friday morning by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, 11.8% of Cape Girardeau Countys population has received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while 9.2% of Scott County residents have received their first dose of the vaccine.
Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations are expected to begin during the first week of February in Iowa. Author: Andrea Flores Updated: 6:30 PM CST January 27, 2021
As Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccinations are set to begin in early February across Iowa, officials at the Scott County Jail are preparing for their turn for immunization.
Correctional inmates and officers are in tier five of Phase 1B, which puts them at the end of the list for this phase. First responders and frontline essential workers are also included in Phase 1B.
Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane says there s usually about 250 inmates in custody in the jail at a time.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
By David Jenkins/Standard Democrat
Only about 5.3% of Missouris population have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and while Scott County is above the state average, the rest of the area is lagging.
According to numbers released by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, statewide there were 423,839 doses of the vaccine administered, with 326,272 Missourians receiving the first dose, making up 5.3% of the population. Meanwhile, 97,567 Missourians have received both doses.
Locally, Scott County is above the state average, with 8.9% of the population receiving the first dose. So far in Scott County, there were 4,022 doses administered, with 3,390 getting the first dose and 630 receiving the second dose.
Major vaccination phase building speed
Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, smcdaniel@myjournalcourier.com
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Cars wait Thursday to enter the Morgan County Fairgrounds for COVID-19 vaccinations. Pre-registration was required for the event, which was for those 75 and older. Health departments across Illinois are delivering the vaccinations in phases as supplies become available.Darren Iozia | Journal-Courier
Vaccine registration requests are rolling in to west-central Illinois counties as the state moves into Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccination plan, even as individual health departments continue vaccinating health care workers in Phase 1A.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has moved the state into Phase 1B of the vaccination distribution for those 65 or older, along with non-health care essential workers such as first responders, educators, food and agriculture workers, manufacturing workers, corrections workers and inmates, postal workers, public transit wor