Counties prepare to take over authority of COVID-19 regulations April 16
Some counties plan to adopt a similar, stringent framework from the state of Colorado. Others plan to head in the opposite direction.
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DENVER â As the state readies to send control of COVID-19 rules back to the counties, commissioners and health departments will likely see divergent philosophies when it comes to regulations. We would have liked to see things continue a little bit longer with the Dial 3.0, Larimer County Commissioner Kristin Stephens said. I think it would have been beneficial for the state to stay together and have those similar metrics and not have sort of a patchwork approach across the state.
Rural community in shock after Georgia health officials raid clinic vaccinating teachers Stephanie Gosk and Laura Strickler and Lisa Cavazuti and Corky Siemaszko
ELBERTON, Georgia A small Georgia city was still in shock Friday, days after state health workers raided the busiest medical clinic in the county and seized its Covid-19 vaccine supply because staffers had given doses to teachers.
Some 470 shots of the Pfizer vaccine were confiscated from the Medical Center of Elberton, a private clinic that had been the largest provider of vaccinations in Elbert County, leaving behind just enough medicine to guarantee second doses to people who have already been inoculated.
Updated: 5:50 PM EST Feb 3, 2021 Allen Devlin According to the Medical Center of Elberton, about 470 doses of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine were seized by the Georgia Department of Public Health Tuesday morning. According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, the vials were taken and reallocated to other vaccine providers across the county as additional repercussions against the Medical Center for vaccinating teachers in the Elbert County Public School system ahead of schedule. This is in addition to a six-month suspension on vaccine allotments to the Medical Center that was originally announced last week. Vaccine providers must adhere to the current phase of vaccination to ensure that the state s limited vaccine supply is going to those most at risk, officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health said in regard to the confiscation. The GDPH says that all of the vaccines picked up were the ones that were not required for second doses. The vaccines h
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Alabama
People get COVID-19 vaccines during a drive-in clinic in the old Montgomery Mall parking lot in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday.
Montgomery: The state will roughly double the number of people eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19 this month even though there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot, the head of the state health agency said Friday. Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, said everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers will be eligible to get vaccinations when the program expands Feb. 8. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care residents ar
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Alabama
Montgomery: The state will roughly double the number of people eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19 this month even though there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot, the head of the state health agency said Friday. Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, said everyone 65 and older, educators, court officials, corrections officers, postal employees, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers will be eligible to get vaccinations when the program expands Feb. 8. Currently, only people 75 and older, first responders, health care workers and long-term care residents are eligible. The state has been hearing complaints that more people aren’t allowed to get in line for shots. The change means as many as 1.5 million people in the state will qualify for shots, up from about 700,000 currently, H