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The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in all three Siouxland States. Siouxland District Health says Woodbury County will receive almost 2,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the next few days for front-line health care workers.  Director Kevin Grieme admits the vaccine will only cover about 50% initially needed. Other doses will come in phases and the national pharmacy network will distribute additional doses to long-term care facilities. When the vaccine by Moderna gets the go-ahead there will be 400 doses for EMS workers in Woodbury County. Dakota County isn’t scheduled...

Earlier this year, Omahan Dana Carlton-Flint signed up for a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine from the biotech company Moderna. Months later, data from that trial and another for a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech have shown that both vaccines are safe and more than 90% effective. Late Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older. The first doses could be administered by early next week. The Moderna vaccine is expected to quickly follow the Pfizer vaccine to emergency approval and distribution. An FDA advisory p...

Nebraska will ease some COVID-19 restrictions © KETV State to ease COVDI restrictions Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will order the state will relax some COVID-19 restrictions Saturday at 12:01 a.m. Hospitalizations across the state are below 20% for the seven day rolling average. Sign up for our Newsletters That drops the state from the orange zone to yellow. Ricketts said the maximum capacity at indoor gatherings can increase from 25% to 50%, elective surgeries can resume if individual hospital capacity allows. But bars and restaurants must continue to limit groups to eight people or less ...

Nebraska could see loosened restrictions as early as tomorrow if hospitalizations continue their decreasing tr...