Week in review: Vaccine brings new hope in virus fight [The Record, Stockton, Calif]
A vaccine that comes at possibly the darkest period yet in the coronavirus pandemic is bringing new hope and the prospect of a break for area and state hospitals under siege by a crush of critical coronavirus patients.
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By week’s end, as the county’s death toll had hit 561 and California recorded more than 41,000 new cases and 300 deaths in a single day Friday, health care workers were continuing to receive the new Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The rollout will continue over the coming days, weeks and months in phases, with the highest risk first in line. By phase 4, everyone in the U.S. should have a chance for the shot.
By week’s end, as the county’s death toll had hit 561 and California recorded more than 41,000 new cases and 300 deaths in a single day Friday, health care workers were continuing to receive the new Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The rollout will continue over the coming days, weeks and months in phases, with the highest risk first in line. By phase 4, everyone in the U.S. should have a chance for the shot.
“Hope is springing up everywhere,” Dr. Scott Neeley, vice president and chief medical officer at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, said in a virtual community update Friday. “We can see the light at the end of the tunnel with respect to this pandemic, but we have to stay safe together.”
STOCKTON The Stockton City Council said goodbye to two members at its last meeting of the year Tuesday night.
Both Stockton City Mayor Michael Tubbs and Councilman Jesus Andrade will no longer be part of the council in the new year.
Tubbs lost his bid for reelection to local businessman and Pastor Kevin Lincoln, while Andrade, who opted not to run for a second city council term, made a failed bid for state Senate District 5 this year, losing in the primaries. Susan Talamantes Eggman defeated former Modesto Mayor Jim Ridenour for that seat.
Andrade will be replaced as representative for City Council District 6 by clinical therapist Kimberly Warmsley, who won the seat last month against former Stockton Unified School District Trustee Gloria Allen.