Tomah Health emergency preparedness director receives Rural Health Ambassador Award
May 14, 2021 7:19 PM Mike Tighe
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Jeremy Levin, left, advocacy for the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, presents the Rural Health Ambassador Award to James Newlun, Tomah Health s emergency preparedness director. (Tomah Health photo)
TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) The Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative honored James Newlun, emergency preparedness director at Tomah Health, with a Rural Health Ambassador Excellence Award Friday.
Jeremy Levin, the cooperative’s advocacy director, presented the award to Newlun at Tomah Health as part of the hospital’s recognition of National Hospital Week.
“Often you see health-care employees doing a lot, and I think that is even more so indicative of rural health-care employees,” Levin said.
MADISON, Wis. (WXOW) - Figures released by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Tuesday said nearly 2.2 million people are now done with the COVID-19 vaccination process.
Data from Saturday showed 2,192,002 people, or 37.6 percent of the state s population, are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
The numbers said that 2,591,069 people in the state have received at least one dose of the vaccine. That translates to 44.5 percent of state residents according to DHS.
In Western Wisconsin to date, 122,145 people have received at least one dose of the vaccine. It equates to 44.5 percent of the total number of people in Western Wisconsin. 107,569, or 39.2 percent, have completed the vaccine series.
The new strain of the coronavirus causes the disease COVID-19. Symptoms include cough, fever and shortness of breath. A full list of symptoms is available on the Centers for Disease Control website.
In severe cases, pneumonia can develop. Those most at risk include the elderly, people with heart or lung disease as well as anyone at greater risk of infection.
For most, the virus is mild, presenting similarly to a common cold or the flu.
Anyone who thinks they may have the disease should call ahead to a hospital or clinic before going in for a diagnosis. Doing so gives the staff time to take the proper precautions so the virus does not spread.
The new strain of the coronavirus causes the disease COVID-19. Symptoms include cough, fever and shortness of breath. A full list of symptoms is available on the Centers for Disease Control website.
In severe cases, pneumonia can develop. Those most at risk include the elderly, people with heart or lung disease as well as anyone at greater risk of infection.
For most, the virus is mild, presenting similarly to a common cold or the flu.
Anyone who thinks they may have the disease should call ahead to a hospital or clinic before going in for a diagnosis. Doing so gives the staff time to take the proper precautions so the virus does not spread.