Pandemic and ARPA funds discussed at county officials meeting
COVID-19 continues to affect young people
Last updated 5/21/2021 at 1pm
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said at a meeting of county officials Thursday COVID-19 continues to affect younger people in the community as cases steadily continue to crop up. Berg said a possibility exists that these latest case may be the result of a variant, not just because of the age group it affects but because there seems to have been a noticeable shift in symptoms. She said fewer and fewer people seem to be losing their sense of taste, but chest congestion and breathing difficulties appear to be more intense, and young people are being hospitalized because of it.
Hill County sees 30 percent 16 and older immunized, another 43 percent on the way
Traffic at vaccination clinics down despite progress
Last updated 4/12/2021 at 11:33am
Vaccination against COVID-19 in the area continues despite a significant drop in traffic at the Hill County Health Department’s weekly vaccine clinics. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said, at the Hill County Health Board’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update last Friday, about 30 percent of the eligible population in the county is fully vaccinated and a further 43 percent have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Larson said these numbers are very good, but the traffic at her department’s weekly vaccine clinics has dropped significantly.