BENNINGTON A COVID-19 outbreak affecting 24 people and suspected in the deaths of two residents this month has been reported at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation.
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Editor s Note: This story was edited at noon on Dec. 11 to add information from Vernon Homes.
Editor s Note: This story was edited at 3:45 p.m. on Dec. 11 to add information from Valley Cares.
BRATTLEBORO â At least one long-term care facility in southern Vermont has been notified it will be receiving COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year.
According to Dane Rank, administrator at Thompson House in Brattleboro, HealthDirect, the pharmacy services company contracted to administer the vaccine, will be hosting three vaccination clinics there, on Dec. 28, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8.
Staff and residents will be receiving two injections of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days apart, Rank wrote in an email.
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BRATTLEBOROÂ â At least one long-term care facility in southern Vermont has been notified it will be receiving COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year.
According to Dane Rank, administrator at Thompson House in Brattleboro, HealthDirect, the pharmacy services company contracted to administer the vaccine, will be hosting three vaccination clinics there, on Dec. 28, Jan. 18 and Feb. 8.
Staff and residents will be receiving two injections of the Pfizer vaccine 21 days apart, Rank wrote in an email. The lab has noted that 2 percent of those immunized will have some flu-like symptoms associated with the vaccine after the first vaccination, he wrote. 10 percent of patients reported the same symptoms following the second vaccination. For this reason, we are staggering our staff immunizations.