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for the most recent information on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week, the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine created by Pfizer-BioNTech. The United States is the latest country to join Canada and the United Kingdom in approving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Creating a vaccine in under 1 year is no small feat. While the coronavirus pandemic made a new normal of mask-wearing and physical distancing, it also spurred global cooperation for vaccine research and distribution.
However, a vaccine is only effective if people are willing to receive it. With rapid research development, some may be concerned that the vaccine was rushed, and with these concerns comes vaccine hesitancy.
LVHN, St Luke s ready for first vaccine shipments mcall.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mcall.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Information on COVID-19 cases and deaths at one Luzerne County nursing home thatâs been missing for months from state reports appeared in the most recent report last week, but data for two other local facilities remains absent.
Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing at Lakeside in Dallas reported that no residents or staff there had tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began early this year, according to the report from the state Department of Health.
COVID-19 case numbers and the numbers of related deaths at Timber Ridge Health Center in Plains Twp. and The Gardens at Wyoming Valley in Wilkes-Barre, however, continue to be absent from the state reports, for at least the past two months, if not longer.
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Kathy Pellerier-Carrilo of Watertown joins others at a candlelight vigil for residents who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or succumbed to the disease Friday at Apple Rehab Watertown. Her mother, Josephine Pelletier, 87, is in the facility’s COVID wing. Jim Shannon Republican-American
WATERTOWN A dark parking lot on a chilly December evening turned out to provide a lot of comfort to those seeking it Friday.
Approximately 30 people, plus a few more who remained in their vehicles, gathered in front of Apple Rehab Watertown, a 110-bed convalescent center on Bunker Hill Road, in a show of support for family members staying in the facility that has been wracked by a surge of COVID-19 cases among residents and staff.