St. Lawrence Health System s Associate Chief Medical Officer and St. Lawrence County Board of Health President Andrew Williams, MD, FACP, receives the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered at Canton-Potsdam Hospital. CPH Director of Nursing Education Amy Nugent injects him with the shot. Source: St. Lawrence Health System
Dec 15, 2020
A St. Lawrence Health System doctor has received the first dose of the new COVID-19 vaccine at Canton-Potsdam Hospital.
In a press release, St. Lawrence Health System said it had received an initial shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccines on Tuesday and expects the second half of the doses to arrive in three weeks.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 6:08 am
BY ANDY GARDNER
North Country This Week
CANTON Even though the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in St. Lawrence County by the end of the week, keeping the coronavirus at bay will still require people to practice daily preventative measures.
Dr. Andrew Williams, St. Lawrence County Board of Health president, made the comment during the Monday, Dec. 14 Board of Legislators Services Committee meeting. Does this mean the pandemic is over? I think the important message is that getting back to normal . it s going to take all of our tools. People should absolutely get vaccinated. But those Five Pillars can t go away at this point. It really is going to take all of those interventions.
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 8:47 am
BY ANDY GARDNER
North Country This Week
CANTON St. Lawrence County legislators discussed if it would be possible to hold a mass COVID-19 testing event in the county.
The discussion took place during the Dec. 7 full Board of Legislators meeting, which was streamed live online.
Legislator Margaret Haggard, D-Potsdam, brought up the idea and several board members from both sides of the aisle agreed it s worth looking into. I think the timing is very good, if it was something we could put together at somewhat of a rapid pace, because of the uptick, said Legislator Tony Arquiett, D-Helena. Earlier in the meeting, Public Health Director Dr. Dana McGuire said COVID-19 in the county has quadrupled since early November, and gone up 140% in just the week prior to her making the comment at the Dec. 7 meeting.
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