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NMSU holds COVID-19 vaccine events on campus From Staff Reports LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University hosted its first full-scale New Mexico Department of Health COVID-19 vaccination event on Jan. 8, providing space, volunteer personnel and logistical support for the distribution of more than 600 doses of the vaccine to eligible members of the community. Two additional distribution events are scheduled for later this month. The events are open only to those who have received a notification from the NMDOH that they are eligible to receive the vaccine at NMSU on the specified date. The Jan....

Arizona universities announce COVID-19 vaccination sites starting next week ABC15 and last updated 2021-01-11 16:56:49-05 Universities across Arizona are helping their communities to get vaccinated as they announce COVID-19 vaccination POD sites available starting next week. Grand Canyon University announced Monday that, in partnership with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, it is setting up a walk-through service Point of Dispensing (POD) location for the community. The POD location will be set up at 27th Avenue and Camelback Road, serving as one of the seven POD sites availab...

Towards the end of last week, the HSE said that over 13,000 doses had been administered. Vaccine supplies are an issue. Yesterday, the European Commission extended its contract to purchase another 300 million doses of the Pfizer-BionTech vaccine. This will double the EU order, but the second batch will not begin to be available until the second half of the year. There have been many questions this week as to whether the Commission bought too few vaccines in its first order. Here, people want vaccination to be a military-style process, utilising the best of the public and private sector. As of...

The state this week will release its plans for how other groups of people will be prioritized when more doses become available.

New record in COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in Orange County Published  OC sets new record in hospitalizations SANTA ANA, Calif. - Orange County set another record for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but the number of those in intensive care fell by 19 and 17 additional fatalities were reported. The number of hospitalized patients increased from 2,236 Tuesday to 2,249 Wednesday as the number of patients in intensive care fell from 504 to 485, according to figures from the Orange County Health Care Agency. Of the 17 additional fatalities, five were skilled nursing facility residents and...