AKRON, Ohio – The day Frank Malinowski was admitted to the hospital for treatment of COVID-19, his 36-year-old son, Frank Keith Malinowski, began to write.
Over three weeks in October and November, the virus became a plague on the Malinowski family. It delivered cheap shots. It took hostages. And it left them with pain and grief.
For Keith Malinowski, an avid deer hunter from Canal Fulton, Ohio, who works in railroad construction, his emails were his way of coping in a time of high stress. But they also had a specific purpose: to update family members, most of whom live out-of-state, about his immediate family, including his father, a 59-year-old train engineer and Pittsburgh Steelers fan; his mother, Jody, 58; and his 34-year-old sister, Jamie, who lived together in Doylestown. He also writes about his wife, Brandy, a nursing home worker, and his 15-year-old stepdaughter, Maddy.
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Naval Hospital Jacksonville received an initial supply of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday and will begin administering doses to its staff Wednesday.
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A small crowd cheered as semi-trucks rolled out of the loading dock at a Pfizer manufacturing plant in Michigan, on Sunday, beginning historic journeys to deliver insulated boxes of the nation s first COVID-19 vaccine to hospitals and health departments across America.
Hours later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally announced that it had signed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation of the first authorized coronavirus vaccine for people 16 years and older. Plans call for health care personnel and long-term care facility residents to be vaccinated first.
A small crowd cheered as semi-trucks rolled out of the loading dock at a Pfizer manufacturing plant in Michigan, on Sunday, beginning historic journeys to deliver insulated boxes of the nation s first COVID-19 vaccine to hospitals and health departments across America.
Hours later, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally announced that it had signed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation of the first authorized coronavirus vaccine for people 16 years and older. Plans call for health care personnel and long-term care facility residents to be vaccinated first.
Earlier, the caravan of FedEx, UPS and Boyle Transportation trucks accompanied by unmarked police cars pulled out of the parking lot about 8:25 a.m., headed to airports and distribution centers. Pfizer has said it will deliver 6.4 million doses in these initial shipments. Federal officials say the deliveries will be staggered, arriving in 145 distribution centers Monday, with
Coronavirus: Live updates for Sunday, Dec. 13
3:45 p.m. Florida adds 84 more COVID-19 deaths, five in Duval County
Florida added 84 more deaths from COVID-19 in Sunday s daily report on COVID-19, including five fatalities in Duval County, as the novel coronavirus continued its spread in the state.
Northeast Florida has now recorded 1,112 COVID-19 deaths to date. The Florida death toll now stands at 20,133, including 19,866 residents of the state.
The Florida Department of Health reported 1,125,931 cumulative positive tests from the start of the pandemic, a rise of 8,958 compared to Saturday s report.
Duval County added 533 new cases, while St. Johns County recorded 116 new cases, Clay County 83, Putnam County 39, Nassau County 33 and Baker County 13. | Read more