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Tuscaloosa: Concerns over furthering the spread of COVID-19 have prompted officials with the Tuscaloosa Public Library system to again close its branches. The closures will remain through at least Jan. 5, said library spokesman Vince Bellofatto. All three locations of the Tuscaloosa Public Library are expected to reopen Jan. 6. “TPL made this choice to support the overall health and well-being of Tuscaloosa city, county and Northport and for the safety of our patrons and staff,” Bellofatto said. “It was a very hard decision, as TPL is dedicated to serving the patrons, but the best way to serve our community now, is to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.” Library officials will remain in contact with the library’s board of trustees and, if needed, additional measures might be taken. The library initially closed the Main
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Alabama
Tuscaloosa:Concerns over furthering the spread of COVID-19 have prompted officials with the Tuscaloosa Public Library system to again close its branches. The closures will remain through at least Jan. 5, said library spokesman Vince Bellofatto. All three locations of the Tuscaloosa Public Library are expected to reopen Jan. 6. “TPL made this choice to support the overall health and well-being of Tuscaloosa city, county and Northport and for the safety of our patrons and staff,” Bellofatto said. “It was a very hard decision, as TPL is dedicated to serving the patrons, but the best way to serve our community now, is to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.” Library officials will remain in contact with the library’s board of trustees and, if needed, additional measures might be taken. The library initially closed the Main, Weaver Bolden and Brown branches in March as the coronavirus made its way into Tuscaloosa County. A gradua
You Can Still Adopt a Johnson County Health Care Worker
Christmas may be over, but the giving continues through a Johnson County program seeking donations for workers on frontlines of the health care industry this past year.
Johnson County s Adopt a Health Care Worker program continues to seek gifts for about 120 of these men and women in the area. Healthcare workers can nominate themselves or each other on the program s website.
They get it, it s challenging to donate when we may be struggling ourselves, and if you wonder whether or not they appreciate it, KWWL spoke to one by the name of Lauri Riss. She s in the ambulatory surgeries department at the University of Iowa Health Care and said she received a beauty kit with lotions, soaps, and also a handwritten note. Something like this was really really sweet. It meant a lot that everyone is making sacrifices right now, it s not just health care workers . So your gift can be simple and will be very much appreciated.
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Lilly Olson is a nurse in the medical ICU at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She was among the first frontline health care workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month.
This month, Iowa s frontline health care workers became the first group to get the COVID-19 vaccines. Lilly Olson, a nurse in the medical ICU at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, describes her experience.
Iowa’s health care workers have been on the frontlines of this pandemic for months, often putting themselves at risk of getting the virus in order to care for their sick patients.