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Public officials are urging Bennington County residents to continue to take preventative steps to avoid contracting or spreading the novel coronavirus as the number of new cases in the region remains higher than in most other parts of the state.
Over the past two weeks, 153 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Bennington County â a total that is second only to the more populous Chittenden County, which has seen 487 cases during the same time period, according to an online dashboard maintained by the Vermont Department of Health updated Monday morning.
Neighboring Rutland, Windsor and Windham counties have seen 102, 79 and 101 new cases, respectively, within the same window.
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Editor s Note: This story was edited at noon on Dec. 11 to add information from Vernon Homes.
Editor s Note: This story was edited at 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 11 to add information from Valley Cares.
BRATTLEBORO â At least one long-term care facility in southern Vermont has been notified it will be receiving COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year.
According to Dane Rank, administrator at Thompson House in Brattleboro, HealthDirect, the pharmacy services company contracted to administer the vaccine, will be hosting three vaccination clinics there, on Dec. 28, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8.
Staff and residents will be receiving two injections of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days apart, Rank wrote in an email.
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BRATTLEBOROÂ â At least one long-term care facility in southern Vermont has been notified it will be receiving COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year.
According to Dane Rank, administrator at Thompson House in Brattleboro, HealthDirect, the pharmacy services company contracted to administer the vaccine, will be hosting three vaccination clinics there, on Dec. 28, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8.
Staff and residents will be receiving two injections of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days apart, Rank wrote in an email. The lab has noted that 2 percent of those immunized will have some flu-like symptoms associated with the vaccine after the first vaccination, he wrote. 10 percent of patients reported the same symptoms following the second vaccination. For this reason, we are staggering our staff immunizations.