Nevada’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Still Declining
The COVID-19 vaccination rate in Nevada is still slowing down. The state has been vaccinating an average of fewer than 14,000 people per day over the last two weeks. For comparison, Nevada was administering a 14-day rolling average of nearly 25,000 shots per day in mid-April.
The state has administered more than 1.9 million shots. Nearly 46% of Nevadans over 16 have received their first shot and roughly one-third have completed their vaccination.
There are currently 388 Nevadans hospitalized for confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The state’s test positivity rate has remained steady at 5.7% for about a week.
Washoe County is reporting an average of 30 daily cases over the last two weeks.
Covid shot in the arm not enough to keep pharmacies in business
Tobin s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, had been operating on a razor s edge as retail sales moved online and mail-order pharmacies siphoned off its patients. It was losing money on 1 out of 4 pill bottles filled, so the front of the store, where it sold clothing, cosmetics and jewelry, had been compensating for pharmacy losses for years. And then Covid hit, said Dave Schultz, who co-owned the store with his brother. And that was the final straw.
Viability of rural ambulance services in South Dakota at risk due to staffing and funding shortages
About a third of rural ambulance directors in South Dakota said they couldn’t respond to a call because of staffing shortages, according to a 2016 survey. Roughly a third more said response times were delayed due to lack of staffing.
Written By:
Danielle Ferguson / South Dakota News Watch | 12:49 pm, May 4, 2021 ×
Nicole Neugebauer, a former South Dakota EMT of the Year, is pictured with a Douglas County Ambulance in Armour. Neugebauer is the Armour ambulance director. (Caitlynn Peetz/Republic)
Rural ambulance services in South Dakota are having an increasingly hard time recruiting volunteers and generating revenues, putting the stability of the services at risk and making it more likely that rural residents will endure longer response times in emergencies or possibly lose ambulance service altogether.
Rural ambulance services see decline in volunteers, funding
Danielle Ferguson, South Dakjota News WatchMay 3, 2021News
Photo by Nichole NeugebauerSome rural ambulance services in South Dakota, including the Douglas County Ambulance Service in Armour, are healthy and functioning well despite ongoing challenges to maintain staffing and funding levels. Nicole Neugebauer, front right with hands clasped, is an officer in the South Dakota Ambulance Association who was named state EMT of the year in 2015.
SIOUX FALLS, SD – Rural ambulance services in South Dakota are having an increasingly hard time recruiting volunteers and generating revenues, putting the stability of the services at risk and making it more likely that rural residents will endure longer response times in emergencies or possibly lose ambulance service altogether.