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Residents 65 and older in Webster County will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations today, according to a press release from UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Webster County Department of Public Health notified the Fort Dodge hospital that it may begin to vaccinate community members, using vaccines that were not utilized for Phase 1A (health care workers).
UnityPoint Health will begin vaccinating priority populations 65 years and older, starting today, using this remaining supply from Phase 1A.
The hospital will notify patients via phone, direct mail and/or through MyUnityPoint, its online patient portal, when vaccine is available for them to schedule an appointment.
Everyone who can should get vaccinated
Jan 11, 2021
With the whole world seemingly focused on how fast the COVID-19 vaccine can be administered, we must not forget the importance of an older vaccine: the flu shot.
Just about everyone has called in sick at some point, saying they had the flu when they were sniffling, sneezing, maybe running a fever and generally feeling lousy.
Those symptoms definitely add up to an illness, but the problem is not really the flu. Influenza, as it is properly known, is much, much worse.
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, influenza is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Influenza and pneumonia are among the top 10 causes of death in the state.
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As 2020 came to a close Thursday, Webster County celebrated a new year with at least 64 fewer residents, all lost to COVID-19.
The death increases over the last week have kept almost the same pace with the rate of increases through most of November and December.
Since Nov. 6 alone, 47 people have been killed by the coronavirus.
Webster County Public Health also reported 143 new infection cases since its last update over a week ago, bringing the county’s total number of cases to 4,755. Of those, 156 remain open under monitoring.
Webster County’s 14-day positivity rate has decreased substantially from its height at over 20% in recent weeks, but remains elevated at 13.7%.