Laredo moving forward with COVID-19 vaccine waitlist
March 2, 2021
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Laredoan Pedro Garcia thanks the health care staff administering the COVID-19 vaccine after receiving the shot from LISD LVN Clarissa Perez on Feb. 1 at Martin High School. Laredo Health Director Richard Chamberlain at Monday’s City Council meeting recommended the city implement a waitlist for vaccine appointments.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning Times
After speaking with the city management and health directors of 10 other cities and counties throughout the state, Laredo Health Director Richard Chamberlain recommended to City Council on Monday that they implement a waitlist for the community’s vaccine appointments.
City of Laredo encourages palomitas to get vaccinated
Feb. 1, 2021
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A health care professional prepares someone for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at Sames Auto Arena.Danny Zaragoza / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Laredo College associate degree nursing Professor Jeannette Johnson helps prepare and distribute the second Covid-19 vaccine, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 at the Sames Auto Arena, to the Laredoans that received the first vaccine during the TAMIU Vaccine drive-thru earlier this month.Danny Zaragoza, Staff Photographer / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Laredo College associate degree nursing students Viviana Alexa Lopez, Sabrina Arias and their Professor Jeannette Johnson help prepare and distribute the second Covid-19 vaccine, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 at the Sames Auto Arena, to the Laredoans that received the first vaccine during the TAMIU Vaccine drive-thru earlier this month.Danny Zaragoza, Staff
Laredo decimates former COVID-19 record, over 2K cases reported
Jan. 13, 2021
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A COVID-19 particle is pictured in this image provided by the CDC. A study published in the Lanced medical journal examined the case of a man who became infected with two different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than two months. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)CDC, HO / TNS
For those looking toward turning the page on the coronavirus in the new year, 2021 has instead brought with it a severity never before seen in the Gateway City.
Coming off a single-day record 577 positives on Tuesday, Laredo obliterated that figure and then some Wednesday. Officials from the City of Laredo and Webb County announced a staggering 2,066 new cases of COVID-19 along with three deaths.
More vaccines coming to Laredo as COVID-19 hospitalization rate worsens
Dec. 21, 2020
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A front-line worker for Laredo Medical Center gets her COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Dec. 17.Cuate Santos / Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Dr. Victor D. Trevino gives a thumbs up as he becomes the first physician in Laredo to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Thursday, at the Laredo Medical Center.Cuate Santos /Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
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Amber Hernandez, right, looks on as Flor Peredo gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Laredo Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. Administering the dose is Monika Perez.Cuate Santos /Laredo Morning TimesShow MoreShow Less
Laredo s COVID-19 hospitalization rate is now the highest in the state by far
Dec. 20, 2020
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1of78This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Or