Local couple dies of COVID within 5 days of each other
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REXBURG, Idaho (AP) An Idaho couple that had been married for over 48 years died from the coronavirus within five days of each other earlier this month.
Debbie Morgan died on Dec. 15 while her husband, Craig Morgan, passed away on Dec. 20.
“They’re happy being back together,” said their daughter Kelly Romine.
Doctors had diagnosed Craig Morgan with the coronavirus on Dec. 11 and admitted him to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on the same day his wife died. Debbie Morgan had spent the last two years residing at an assisted living center while being treated for multiple sclerosis. She contracted the coronavirus in November, the Standard Journal reported.
 The holidays are said to be the most wonderful time of the year.
But there are still some risks that can take place. Particularly, with decorations - and getting a possible burn. Whether it s decorations, celebrations, activities which increase our risk for association with burns particularly when we re dealing with decorations, said Doctor Tait Olaveson, Director of Burn Services at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
And he s advising that people be careful about how they re decorating - regardless of the holiday. Any holiday when we re adding those extra things into our daily routines there are some increased risk from dealing with a burn, said Olaveson.
Another 4,000 doses of two newly approved COVID-19 vaccines are expected to come to eastern Idaho this week, a health district spokeswoman told the Post Register on Tuesday.
Mimi Taylor with Eastern Idaho Public Health said the largely rural eight-county part of the state is expecting 975 doses of Pfizerâs vaccine and 3,000 doses of Modernaâs vaccine. Last week, the district expected 975 doses of Pfizerâs vaccine. Thatâs among the 28,000 Moderna doses that Gov. Brad Little said the state expects to receive by weekâs end.
The allocation is much higher than last week, when health care workers were first inoculated with the very limited initial doses of Pfizer/BioNTechâs vaccine outside of a medical trial. Week twoâs allocation includes Modernaâs new COVID-19 vaccine, which the FDA approved for emergency use on Friday, but reduced allocations of Pfizerâs vaccine have slowed a lengthy distribution process that has prioritized health care wor
Hospital representatives delivered a sigh of relief to eastern Idaho health officials on Thursday, saying that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to frontline health care workers this week has boosted staff morale.
But that relief is being tempered by the sustained staffing strains that hospitals are experiencing as virus patients fill up their ICUs.
âOver half of our ICU census is COVID positive,â David Hoffenberg of Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center told the regional board. âBeyond that, we are very excited to report that yesterday and the night before ⦠we administered our first vaccinations.â
Twenty-five of the hospitalâs nearly 30 staffed ICU beds were full, he said, with 13 of the patients being COVID-19 positive and 16 being on ventilators. The hospital was treating 40 of the 71 COVID-19 patients on Thursday in hospitals across the eight-county health district. But excitement grows among staff as vaccine rollout picks up pace.
Husband, wife of over 48 years die from virus within 5 days
December 22, 2020 GMT
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) An Idaho couple that had been married for over 48 years died from the coronavirus within five days of each other earlier this month.
Debbie Morgan died on Dec. 15 while her husband, Craig Morgan, passed away on Dec. 20.
“They’re happy being back together,” said their daughter Kelly Romine.
Doctors had diagnosed Craig Morgan with the coronavirus on Dec. 11 and admitted him to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on the same day his wife died. Debbie Morgan had spent the last two years residing at an assisted living center while being treated for multiple sclerosis. She contracted the coronavirus in November, the Standard Journal reported.