Tue, 01/05/2021 - 5:39pm -- tim
Vermont Business Magazine While it’s still too early to know how the recent holidays impacted COVID-19 cases in Vermont, Health Commissioner Mark Levine MD said at Tuesday’s press conference that Vermonters can still protect one another by getting tested. This message comes on a day when the VDH reported a spike in case counts, which have surpassed 8,000, and five more deaths for a statewide total of 149. The post holiday numbers will still take another week or so to fully play out.
Meanwhile, the vaccine rollout has frustrated government officials as it has Vermonters. The federal government has not met its original distribution goals in Vermont or elsewhere. Still, Dr Levine said the state is doing better than nearly all other states in getting the vaccine and immunizing frontline health workers and the most vulnerable to COVID-19. The first round of shots, which requires two doses, is expected to be completed by the end of January.