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Brown County Public Health reported vaccinating 220 E-12 school staff and childcare providers in the New Ulm High School gym Wednesday.
BROWN COUNTY Brown County Public Health (BCPH) reported vaccinating 390 school staff and daycare providers in the New Ulm High School and Sleepy Eye Elementary School gyms Feb. 3.
The New Ulm site vaccinated 220 people. There were 170 people vaccinated in Sleepy Eye.
Brown County Public Health Director Karen Moritz said nobody reported serious adverse reactions at the clinics.
“A little bit of a sore arm and slight fatigue are common side effects that people may not report,” Moritz said.
Feb 3, 2021
We are beginning to see progress in the battle against COVID-19. We don’t know if this statistic, reported Tuesday, is meaningful, but it is heartening Minnesota now has nearly as many people who have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine than it has recorded cases of the virus. That’s 447,610 vaccinations to 463,132 cases of COVID-19.
And it shouldn’t be long before vaccinations surpass cases. The state has been recording fewer than 1,000 new cases per day for the past couple of weeks. In November the state was seeing 6,000, 7,000 and over 8,000 on Nov. 16. The number of deaths has been dropping as well.
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From left, Dr. Matt Lieser, LPN Lori Janni, LPN Darlene Meier, Dr. Bryana Andert, MCA Chris Binder and LPN Jessie Beranek represent some of the staff who will be administering the vaccine to patients receiving an invite from Allina Health.
NEW ULM Starting this Thursday, anyone 75 years or older who has been a patient with Allina Health Care in the last five years could be eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine of COVID-19.
“We’ve been waiting for the vaccine for a long time,” New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) Director Toby Freier said, “we are thankful Allina has prioritized New Ulm be a main clinic site for the vaccine to be administered.”
Feb 3, 2021
NEW ULM Brown County Public Health is moving into the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination program, but it is urging people to be patient as they await an appointment for vaccination.
“We continue to be very happy that so many people are interested in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, but the supply of available vaccine is not nearly enough to meet the current requests,” said a statement from Brown County Public Health on Tuesday.
Health care clinics in Brown County and Brown County Public Health have completed 95% of the 1a priority group, which includes healthcare workers, first responders and residents of long-term care facilities.
By Robert Kennedy
Jan 29, 2021 9:30 AM
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – While the statewide mask mandate is in the hands of the Assembly, some local businesses say they’ll continue enforcing masking.
For some area businesses, wearing masks has become “business as usual.”
“We’ve been wearing masks since day one of coming back to work,” Indira Salon and Spa stylist Lindsey Szarzynski said.
“We do have signs outside of our store that say masks are still required,” Ginger Birch designer Grace Balza said.
“We’re pretty open and upfront about what our expectations are for guests when they come in so that they know and they can feel comfortable,” Szarzynski said.