Grand Forks Public Health prepares doses for 1B priority groups
All local health care workers, long-term care staff members and first responders have been invited to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Grand Forks Public Health is preparing to vaccinate people in the 1B priority group, starting with people ages 75 and older. 12:45 pm, Jan. 8, 2021 ×
A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine at George Washington University Hospital on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.. Jacquelyn Martin / Pool / Getty Images / TNS
Grand Forks Public Health and its local health care partners have nearly completed giving the first dose of COVID-19 vaccinations to local members of 1A priority groups.
Health care workers focus time addressing the the physical and mental stresses resulting from the pandemic. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 9:00 am, Oct. 21, 2020 ×
Brittany Ness, in her first year as the school nurse in Northwood, plays a key role as she focuses much of her time on the physical and mental stresses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
Like other health care providers, school nurses are on the front lines of the pandemic, as they treat students who may be infected with the coronavirus and interact with public health officials to keep kids, staff and families safe and as healthy as possible.
Director of Public Health Debbie Swanson told members of the Grand Forks County Commission, at the commission's regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5, the supply of vaccine will increase by summer, with enough likely becoming available for each resident by fall.
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Grand Forks COVID-19 cases, other metrics continue downward trend
COVID-19 infection rates and other metrics used to measure the virus spread in Grand Forks County continued their downward trend, according to Grand Forks Public Health workers. That, in turn, means the region is moving further from the dire predictions put forward during a surge in cases earlier this winter. 9:13 pm, Dec. 21, 2020 ×
A sign welcomes participants to a coronavirus testing event at UND in August 2020. (Grand Forks Herald photo)
Metrics that track the spread of coronavirus through the Grand Forks area continued to trend downward through the Thanksgiving holiday, but analysts warned Monday that the region isn’t yet out of the figurative woods.