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Senior Editor Walgreens began administering COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the CDC Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program on Dec. 21. Walgreens says it has administered more than 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations across long-term care facilities and other vulnerable populations identified as part of state and jurisdiction distribution plans. The retailer also remains on track to complete the administration of COVID-19 vaccine first doses in skilled nursing facilities by Jan. 25. Walgreens began administering COVID-19 vaccinations as part of the Centers for Diseas...

Tampa Bay assisted-living facilities see cases rise. Where’s the vaccine? Fewer than half of the facilities have received coronavirus vaccines while doses go out to the larger population.     Gail Unold, 75, wears a bandage after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in December at Gulf Shore Care Center in Pinellas Park. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ] Updated Jan. 22 Residents and staff of A Country Place, a Town ‘N Country assisted-living facility, were supposed to get their coronavirus shots this week, said Robert Loomis, facility administrator. But th...

Skilled-nursing, assisted-living and other communities serving older adults are prioritized for vaccines, which are in limited supply Residents have not been scheduled for COVID-19 vaccine appointments yet at Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara at 1820 De la Vina St., a retirement community specializing in dementia care and Alzheimer’s disease. Oak Cottage and many other long-term care communities are eligible for vaccines, but there are limited supplies for the thousands of waiting residents. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT_Holland January 2...

'We have the will' but more COVID vaccines needed, Whatcom health says, urging patience The Bellingham Herald 1/20/2021 Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) Jan. 19—Washington state may have expanded its list of who can get the COVID-19 vaccine — in what's known as Phase 1B, which includes the elderly, teachers and agriculture workers — but that doesn't mean it's available to all Whatcom County residents in those groups yet. That has the Whatcom County Health Department, as well as state leaders, asking for patience amid a vaccine roll-out that has bee...

Erie County's numbers of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to decline Wednesday, though its number of deaths due to the new coronavirus remains high. Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper on Wednesday reported 59 new cases of COVID-19. It's the lowest daily number of new cases since Nov. 8, except for Dec. 28 (46 cases) and Jan. 4 (55 cases), which were both Mondays following holidays and susceptible to reporting lags. Erie County has 14,425 total cases of COVID-19. The number of county residents hospitalized with COVID-19 dropped to 55 Tuesday evening, a decline of six...