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New Hampshire sets COVID-19 vaccine goal of 100 shots per hour © WMUR Vaccine distribution ramps up in NH, Phase 2 goal is 100 shots per hour at fixed sites As efforts to rapidly distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in New Hampshire continue, state officials are currently drafting a vaccine plan for Phase 2 which has a goal of administering 100 shots per hour at each of the 13 fixed sites statewide. Perry Plummer, the former Assistant Commissioner of Safety for New Hampshire who previously received praise for his efforts to secure personal protective equipment and other supplies for the state, ...

New Hampshire sets vaccine goal; Vermont urges mindfulness By The Associated PressJanuary 2, 2021 GMT Coronavirus-related developments across New England: CONNECTICUT Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. The diocese said in a statement that Caggiano, 61, learned of the test result on Wednesday and immediately went into a 10-day quarantine. The diocese said the bishop was asymptomatic and feeling well. Caggiano is tested weekly because of his travels to parishes in the diocese, the statement said. “The Dioces...

Dover Doins: Call for holiday kindness Ron Cole Greetings of the season. Strange though it may be in 2020, it is still a holiday time that we all join in and observe with joy, happiness and fond memories. Here are some thoughts sent to me by dear friend and former ace Dover High School English teacher Marcia Goodnow. It was sent to her by Betsy Wiscombe, a friend of hers. “It’s December!! There are so many things we cannot due because of the virus pandemic but there are many things we CAN do to light up this last month of 2020. Regardless of your faith or beliefs you can be a light in so...

NH avoided upfront costs for virus gear, spent half locally By HOLLY RAMERDecember 19, 2020 GMT CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire ordered $78 million worth of personal protective equipment and medical devices in the first several months of the coronavirus pandemic, with half the money going to 11 companies within the state, according to an analysis of state purchasing data by The Associated Press. The AP tallied more than $7 billion in coronavirus purchases by states of protective gear and high-demand devices such as ventilators and infrared thermometers from the emergence of COVID-19 in t...

Now that the federal Food and Drug Administration has approved the first COVID-19 vaccine, the state health department expects to receive the first shipment of more than 12,000 doses within days. FedEx and UPS planes and trucks are expected to begin moving shipments of the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday, and the first doses will arrive in some states as early as Monday, according to reports. In New Hampshire, the first doses will go to frontline health care workers, first responders and residents of nursing homes, which have been hit hard by the pandemic here. New Hampshire health experts say there...