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Critical care nurse Annette Trudel wants Northern Ontario residents to benefit from her experience treating extremely sick COVID-19 patients at Toronto General Hospital.
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Trudel, who grew up in Mattawa and started her career in North Bay, said it’s important to understand how serious the situation has become, especially with hospitals in the region receiving overflow patients from southern Ontario.
“I just want people there to understand the gravity of the situation with COVID,” Trudel said during a recent telephone interview.
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Lehigh Valley vaccine providers get creative as COVID vaccine appointment demand slows
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For months, the Allentown Health Bureau’s call list for leftover COVID-19 vaccines was filled with people praying they’d get a call about a last-minute extra dose.
These folks were so desperate to get a scarce, life-saving vaccine, nearly a year into the pandemic, they’d drop everything and book it to the Allentown Fairgrounds with zero notice.
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COVID-19 vaccines are administered at a drive-through clinic in January outside Dorney Park. Following federal guidance, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have again cleared the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
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The health departments in both states announced Friday evening that providers were notified of the change in the vaccine’s status. Its use was paused this month as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration reviewed the cases of rare but potentially serious blood clots.