Page 36 - Priority Group News Today

On Monday, Louisiana residents aged 65 to 69 became eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Montgomery County COVID-19 Statistics for Feb. 8 Since Friday, Feb. 5, the Maryland Department of Health has reported 593 new cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County — 195 Saturday, 244 Sunday and 154 Monday. The county’s cumulative case count is 60,633. Montgomery County recorded 13 new coronavirus-related fatalities since Friday, Feb. 5 — four Saturday, […]

North Dakotans will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine as products from Pfizer, Moderna and others are authorized by the federal government

Written by Steve Dunn, First Selectman COVID CASES IN BROOKFIELD   As of yesterday, Thursday the 4th of February, Brookfield remains in the Red Zone. All but 8 municipalities in Connecticut are in the Red Zone.   In the last two weeks reported we have had 122 new cases of the virus in Brookfield. That moves our rate per 100K residents to 51.3. Positivity rate for Brookfield is now 7.5%, down from 7.8% last week. Cases last week were 66, up from the 56 reported for the prior week. Our t...

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana will begin vaccinating people between the ages of 65 and 69 against COVID-19 on Monday, expanding eligibility to more than 275,000 additional Louisianans, Gov. John Bel

Source: Office of the Governor Louisiana will begin vaccinating people between the ages of 65 and 69 against COVID-19 on Monday, February 8, expanding eligibility to more than 275,000 additional Louisianans, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today. Some Unified Command Group members, state COVID emergency response personnel, local emergency response personnel, law enforcement, first responders and elections workers for the upcoming March and April elections will also be eligible. An increase in d...

Gov. John Bel Edwards holds a press conference on COVID-19 April 6. (Photo courtesy of LPB via YouTube) On Thursday Gov. John Bel Edwards held his weekly news conference to address the latest COVID-19 data and provide an update on vaccine distribution. Edwards announced that Louisiana residents 65 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting on Monday. Louisiana will begin vaccinating people between the ages of 65 and 69 against COVID-19 on Monday, February 8, expanding eligibility...

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat lauded the government's COVID-19 task force for granting the department's request to include tourism frontline service workers in the list of priority groups for the country's vaccination program.

MANILA, Feb. 6 -- The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, February 4, 2021, allowed the entry to the Philippines of foreign nationals with visas issued as of March 20, 2020, and still valid and existing at the time of entry, and who were not permitted to enter the country under previous IATF resolutions. Also allowed to enter the Philippines are holders of valid and existing Special Resident and Retirees Visa (SRRV) and Section 9 (A) visas as long as they present an entry exemption docu...

jsorensen@fairmontsentinel.com FAIRMONT — As the country seemingly begins to see progress in combating COVID-19, local efforts are slowly but surely underway. Community Health sanitarian Tim Langer of Community Health and Human Services of Faribault and Martin Counties recently shared that patience is a virtue when it comes to receiving the vaccine. Langer has also noted that Human Services would periodically provide updates on local efforts. In keeping with that effort, Langer shared some i...