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In a matter of days, the COVID-19 vaccine should roll into Yankton and neighboring South Dakota communities. “We expect to have the vaccinations by next week,” said Elizabeth Healy, a registered nurse at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (ASHH) in Yankton. Thursday, the Avera Health System outlined its distribution plans for the vaccine. Avera officials anticipate they will receive the Moderna vaccine. Besides Avera, vaccine shipments are also distributed to the Sanford and Monument health systems, the other major providers in South Dakota. ASHH will play a major role as a regional distri...

Covid-19 Vaccine Rolls Out Today in Sioux Falls Tens of thousands of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in South Dakota on Monday. Who will get the first shots? Frontline workers. According to Dakota News Now, ED physicians, ICU nurses, and those working in COVID units will be given the vaccine. Both Avera Health and Sanford Health have received around 3,000 doses. Nursing home workers then residents will be next followed by first responders and high-risk individuals. The COVID-19 vaccine is not just one shot and there are two different ones being administered. Sanford Health has the Pfize...

Photo: WNAX The first shipments of Covid-19 vaccine arrived Monday in South Dakota and immunizations are being given to front line healthcare workers. Dr David Basel with Avera Health in Sioux Falls says most of the Pfizer vaccine will be used in the Sioux Falls area.. Basel says they expect to get more doses to distribute across a wider area when the Moderna vaccine is approved… Basel says both vaccines will require two shots, which increases the effectiveness…. Both Avera Health and Sanford will be moving the vaccines to their facilities across the region. ...

Sioux Falls mask mandate extended to March 13 Trevor J. Mitchell, Sioux Falls Argus Leader © Erin Bormett / Argus Leader People wear masks in accordance with the city mandate while shopping downtown on Tuesday, December 15 in Sioux Falls. Update: The Sioux Falls City Council voted 6-2 Tuesday night to extend the mask mandate until March 13. This is a developing story. Stay with argusleader.com for more. With the first vaccinations against COVID-19 happening in South Dakota, health officials called Monday a "joyous day" while underscoring the importance of making safe decisi...

Americans prepare to travel again for Christmas, while hospitals brace for post-Thanksgiving surge MarketWatch 12/14/2020 KEY WORDS © AFP via Getty Images ‘It’s a good thing that people have options to prevent infection, and they can take time now before the Christmas holiday,’ said Cindy Friedman, chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Traveler’s Health Branch. Hospitals await the post-Thanksgiving surge — and the Christmas one is just around the corner. “After an event, we would expect to see an increase in new cases in one to two weeks, an increase in ...