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  an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006     On 27 January 2021, the boards of Scapa Group PLC ("Scapa") and AMS Holdco 2 Limited ("SWM Bidco"), an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc ("SWM") jointly announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer pursuant to...

Mark Lander, the local health department administrator, showed commissioners a chart that revealed how vaccines have helped bring down the winter COVID-19 surge much faster than last summers surge. Lander said the seven-day, 30-day and 90-day data shows that hospital admissions, as well as ICU bed and ventilator usage, are all on the decline. "So those are all good signs," Lander said. Data shows that in mid-January that Marion County was averaging 284 new cases per day for a week, had a ...

Marion County continues to roll out more and more COVID-19 vaccines, as local residents are now finding it easier to get a life-saving shot, especially those who are computer savvy. As the Florida Department of Health in Marion County and hospitals work on vaccinating seniors ages 65 and older, front-line health care workers, teachers and first responders, six neighborhood pharmacy chains are also taking appointments for vaccinations. And the number of people being vaccinated is climbing q...

Marion County is not alone. This vaccination trend is occurring all across Florida and the United States. Area officials say the vaccine disparity in communities of color is a result of many factors. Among them: hesitancy due to distrust, lack of reliable transportation and lack of reliable technology/internet access to make appointments. Some Black community leaders note that many who live in low-income communities, no matter their race, cant afford television service, or a newspaper subsc...

Marion County Black Residents Get Just 4.6% of Vaccinations Officials say the vaccine disparity in communities of color is a result of many factors including hesitancy due to distrust, lack of reliable transportation and lack of reliable technology/Internet access for scheduling. by Joe Callahan, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla. / March 11, 2021 TNS     (TNS) - Only 4.6% of Marion Countys COVID-19 vaccinations have made it into the arms of Black ...

      On 27 January 2021, the board of directors of AMS Holdco 2 Limited ("SWM Bidco"), an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. ("SWM"), and the board of directors of Scapa Group plc ("Scapa"), announced (the "Offer Announcement") their agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by SWM Bidco for the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Scapa (the "Offer"). The Offer is to be implemented by means of a schem...

DeSantis says Marion seniors to receive 6,500 extra COVID-19 vaccines Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Ocala on Friday and said that Marion County has been given 6,500 extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week so that local health officials can get more shots into the arms of residents ages 65 and older. So far, 80% of the estimated 60,000 doses that Marion has received from the state have gone to seniors. But Marion still has one of lowest percentages of seniors (about 44%) who have been vaccina...

COVID-19: Marion Countys seven-day positivity rate declines to 6% Marion County continues to see positive trends when it comes to COVID-19 cases. The biggest news is that the seven-day positivity rate dropped to 6% on Thursday, down from 7.7% a week ago. Marion County added 60 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths on Thursday. Marion now has recorded 27,879 COVID-19 cases and 827 deaths since the pandemic began last March. The health department received 1,320 negative test results on Wednesda...

Health officials say that 41% of Marion County residents ages 65 and older have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and that they hope to vaccinate another 12,000 more people this week. Mark Lander, the administrator of the Florida Department of Health in Marion County, said Tuesday that local health officials had vaccinated more than 40,000 of those initial 50,000 seniors who registered with the health department in eight days, beginning in late December. The county sto...

Communications was supposed to be a key ingredient of Floridas vaccine rollout. Until it wasnt. A three-month vacancy in top communications personnel only deepened the continued lack of transparency that has plagued the states response to the pandemic since the beginning, say lawmakers and government watchdog groups who receive hundreds of calls from Floridians each day searching for answers. “These are crucial positions. That, combined with concerns these offices are slow-walking public re...