Napa County could reach herd immunity against COVID-19 as soon as June, county public health officials say, so long as county residents continue to show interest in vaccinations.
A little more than half of Napa Countyâs eligible population â which currently includes all residents over the age of 16 â have received their first dose of the vaccine as of Thursday, according to the California immunization registry, and more than 35% have been fully immunized, according to County Public Health Officer Karen Relucio.
Between 75% and 80% of the population in Napa County will need to be immunized before the county can say it has achieved herd immunity regionally, Relucio said.
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A registered nurse was “hurt and disappointed” when she heard about a handwritten note that read “Go Home!” was left on the windshield of vehicle owned by an employee at North Bay Regional Health Centre.
The vehicle, with Quebec plates, is owned by a food services worker at the North Bay facility.
“I was headed to work Wednesday and made a pit stop at Food Basics in North Bay. When I came out of the store Inoticed the note on my windshield. I was surprised,” said the North Bay hospital employee who asked not to be identified.
“I looked around to see if anyone was waiting to see my reaction. I just got into my car, took a picture of the note and posted it on my social media account.”
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The North Bay Regional Health Centre is taking another COVID-19 patient from southern Ontario.
“We currently have one patient (from southern Ontario) and we have another one that is in transit,” Dr. Jennifer Mihill, head of anaesthesia and the hospital’s COVID-19 critical care preparedness lead, said Friday.
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She said patient transfers come through the province’s COVID-19 command centre.
Mihill told local media Friday it’s the command centre which decides where a patient is transferred among a list of health-care facilities throughout Ontario.
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A nurse was “hurt and disappointed” when a handwritten note that read “Go Home!” was left on the windshield of a vehicle in the parking lot at the North Bay Regional Health Centre.
The vehicle, with Quebec plates, is owned by another nurse at the North Bay facility.
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Tammy Mongrain, a Registered Nurse in Orillia, said she was saddened and disappointed to hear this from her sister, who knows the nurse who received the note after returning from her shift at the health centre.
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