Lancaster County leaders said they are working to set up a mass vaccination site but more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are needed to make it happen.“What we are doing now in this effort is planning for D-Day,” Commissioner Ray D’Agostino said during a news conference Thursday.D’Agostino likened the next phase of the fight against the coronavirus to the Allies’ efforts in World War II.“Now, as then, this is beginning of the end of COVID in Lancaster County,” he said.The county is planning a mass vaccination site that could vaccinate up to 5,000 people per day. It would be in a central location but will only open if there is adequate vaccine supply, according to commissioners.“Vaccine availability is the primary factor right now. This is obviously frustrating to many who want the vaccine now,” Commissioner Josh Parsons said.Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health and other health systems in the county are giving shots to 600 to 1,000 people per day, but LGH has n
Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Sonoma County, Santa Rosa Junior College announced Thursday it is extending remote learning through the end of the.
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After certification from the State of New Jersey, the center is ready to welcome its first new class on January 15th.
A total of 35 police officer candidates from Bayonne, Jersey City, Harrison, and the county sheriff’s office will make up this class – a number may rise depending on COVID19-related restrictions.
“We’re excited to get to work and thankful for the support of County Executive DeGise, the Board of Commissioners, and our law enforcement leadership community in Hudson County,” said Center Director Mark Miller, a retired as a Jersey City Police Department deputy chief.
âI think (at the training center) weâre able to meet all the needs of the county and certainly care for our staff better because cars will be driving through and they wonât be going out in the elements,â Yoder said.
As of Tuesday, LGH has conducted 106,697 tests since the beginning of the pandemic, with 15% of those tests returning positive results. In total, nearly 160,000 people have been tested at locations countywide, with a 15.7% positivity rate, according to the state Department of Health.
There have been more than 25,000 COVID-19 cases in Lancaster County since the pandemic began, according to the state Department of Health, and 655 deaths, according to the countyâs coroner, Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.