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fbusch@nujournal.com BROWN COUNTY — Brown County Public Health (BCPH) Supervisor Jaime Brand said Friday that December case investigations were about half of what they were in November. “We completed 1,081 case investigations in November, and 534 in December,” Brand said. “Our numbers began to decrease after Nov. 20 when Gov. Walz put more restrictions in place.” “We pleasantly surprised we didn’t see a Christmas holiday (case) surge yet. That’s more good news,” said Brand. �...

CDC Establishes Priority Groups for COVID-19 Vaccinations January 8, 2021 12:27 pm Saga Communications Spencer, IA (KICD) — The Center For Disease Control and Prevention has established priority groups for COVID-19 vaccinations. Susan Zulk of Spencer Hospital says in Iowa, the Iowa Department of Public Health, the state is following the CDC recommendations when it comes to vaccinations and priority groups. Zulk says the 1A group consists of healthcare personnel and residents of long-term care...

With the focus on Phase 1A soon shifting to assisted living facilities, the state will need to bank 140,000 doses of its total allocation.

Supply holding back Jackson County COVID-19 vaccination efforts, health department says Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 08, 2021 Bundles of syringes are prepared - one for each of six doses in a vaccine vial - as Michigan Medicine healthcare workers administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Jack Roth Clubhouse at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News Facebook Share JACKSON, MI — The state is moving to ...

Frustration grows over vaccine rollout, as many are hopeful their loved ones make pharmacy waiting list Many hopeful to see their loved ones grove frustrated waiting for COVID-19 vaccine By Lester Duhé | January 5, 2021 at 7:10 PM CST - Updated January 5 at 7:17 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The less than stellar vaccine rollout has left a lot of people with questions, about when and even how their loved ones can get one. WAFB made a lot of calls to pharmacies on Tuesday, January 5. Itâ...

Vaccines to protect against COVID-19 have started to arrive in New Jersey in limited quantities.   The first recipients have been hospitals and health care systems. They are currently vaccinating their front-line staffs, starting with those who have the greatest risk of exposure to the coronavirus: employees in the emergency departments, intensive care units and COVID units and labor-and-delivery staff.   Nursing homes are next. CVS and Walgreens started vaccinating nursing home staff ...

Rice County First COVID-19 Vaccines Given The Rice County Public Health Department reports the first COVID-19 vaccines have been administered.  Sheriff Troy Dunn told us he would be joined by Faribault Fire Chief Dustin Dienst and other first responders on Wednesday, December 30, 2020. They were joined by 48 other people to receive their shots.  Public Health Director Deb Purfeerst says, "We are excited to finally move into the next phase of pandemic response, vaccinating!  Our first clinic ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards is addressing the state ahead of the New Year's Eve holiday just one day after the state saw its largest case count in a single day since the pandemic began.

Gov. Edwards says 70 year olds and older to begin getting COVID vaccine next week Gov. Edwards discusses rise in COVID-19 cases and vaccine distribution By Sabrina Wilson | December 31, 2020 at 6:12 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 6:12 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The year 2020 will roll away and the toll it has taken on Louisiana will be fresh on the minds of many. Still, in the new year, the state will make more progress in vaccinating some of its residents. “We’re closing out 2020 and al...

Governor: Louisiana Pharmacies to Begin Receiving COVID Vaccine for the Elderly, Additional Health Care Workers on January 4 From the Office of Gov. John Bel Edwards: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to pharmacies statewide in limited supply beginning January 4 to be administered to people 70 and older and additional health care workers. The initial supply of vaccine will be extremely limited and people must contact a designated pharmac...