COVID 1 year anniversary: Chapter 1 - Flatten the curve. Safer at home. An essential business?
Updated Mar 13, 2021;
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500,000 cases. 10,000 deaths. A world of change.
Alabama reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 13, 2020. The months that followed saw shutdowns, closures, mass testing, growing hospitalizations and – above all – uncertainty.
For the next four days we will be looking back at the pandemic year, what happened, what we knew and what’s changed.
Today is March through May, a spring that changed Alabama, the U.S. and the world.
DCH Regional Medical Center opened a drive through testing facility for the Covid-19 virus Monday, March 16, 2020, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa had three confirmed cases of Covid-19 as of Monday morning. A person who has given a saliva sample drops the cup containing his saliva into a bag which the nurse will seal up and forward for testing. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP)AP
A work crew from Struthers Recreation lifted a metal framework in place that will hold a canopy designed to shade playground equipment at the All-Inclusive Playground at Sokol Park last week.
Work is proceeding on the first phase of the playground project that features University Alabama-styled playground equipment, including a miniature version of Denny Chimes.
The playground is being constructed in three phases. The first phase, known as the University Phase, features playground equipment fashioned after UA landmarks Denny Chimes and the Quad, as well as Bryant-Denny Stadium. Phase one is scheduled to open April 21, according to PARA spokeswoman Becky Booker.
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The Good Samaritan Clinic in Northport partnered with University of Alabama nursing students on Thursday to administer 100 doses of COVID-19 vaccinations.
The vaccines were administered in a one-day, all-day event at the clinic with a focus on the clinic s most vulnerable patients, said Lynn Armour, the Good Samaritan Clinic s executive director.
“We have been calling our most vulnerable patients and giving it to them today, Armour said. Patients who received their first dose of the vaccine at the clinic will return to the clinic at a later date to receive their second dose.
Good Samaritan Clinic, 3880 Watermelon Road in Northport, is a non-denominational Christian ministry that provides free medical care for people who have no insurance and very little income. The clinic first opened its doors on June 8, 1999, according to its website, and has been staffed by volunteer doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurses and others.
Demolition of Tuscaloosa’s McFarland Mall began in earnest on Tuesday, clearing the way for a proposed multi-use, sports complex that developers described as a destination for all ages.
Under a clear, cool sky, crews began dismantling the western portion of the mall that has stood at the corner of Skyland and McFarland boulevards since the late 1960s.
“It’s extremely exciting for me,” Tuscaloosa developer Stan Pate, who purchased the mall site in 2009, said of the demolition. “It’s been a long time coming, developing a vision. It’s taken various paths, but we’re on the final path.”