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The vaccine for COVID-19 arrives and begins to go in arms of Quad-City healthcare workers

Compiled by JIM MEENAN The big news in the Quad-Cites this week was the arrival of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that was administered for the first time Tuesday in the Iowa Quad-Cities and Wednesday on the Illinois side. Friday, Dec. 11 The city of Davenport launched its Small Business Resiliency Project to assist small businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 on Oct. 1, and 10 of the 42 businesses that applied have been notified they will receive assistance. Rock Island County has had 195 people die of the coronavirus since the pandemic began, while Scott County has had 116. The six latest victims raised the Quad-Cities death toll to 69 in the first 11 days of December — that s 22% of the Q-C s COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County health officials reported a total of 9,617 cases. 

Editorial: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

Thumbs Up … to the YWCA Quad-Cities’ plans for a new $12 million, 2-story building in downtown Rock Island. On Tuesday, area leaders gathered to celebrate the capital campaign for the facility that will include a state-of-the-art child care center, an empowerment center with a STEAM lab; an activity center with a gymnasium; a full service kitchen; an administrative suite, an aquatic center; a high-tech cardio room and outdoor playground. The 48,900 square foot facility will be at 1702-04 5th Avenue. YWCA President and CEO Julie Larson said the organization is about halfway to meeting its capital campaign goal, but it still could use some help.

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