Decatur health leaders plan for the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine
The Department of Public Health is working to get more vaccines into the arms of Alabamians, even if you got your first vaccine out of the state.
Posted: Jan 19, 2021 6:24 PM
Posted By: Olivia Schueller
Local leaders in Decatur voiced their concerns on the coronavirus vaccine rollout in Alabama.
Department of Public Health Administrator, Judy Smith said, “The biggest stumbling block has been the vaccine, the availability of the vaccine.”
Smith said she’s working to get more vaccines in Alabama.
Some Alabamians asked Smith about running mega clinics, but she said for now, the state is doing the best that they can.
Morgan County prepares to give those 75, older COVID vaccine as deaths rise
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
By Cassie Kuhn The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Local health care facilities are preparing to administer COVID-19 vaccines to people 75 and older next week, as virus cases and deaths continue to climb in Morgan County.
People 75 and older and first responders will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine by appointment beginning on Monday, the Alabama Department of Public Health said. ADPH administrator for the Northern District Judy Smith said the call center for vaccination appointments received 1.1 million calls in one day on Friday after announcing the next stage of vaccinations.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 11:20 AM
Updated: Dec 28, 2020 5:39 PM
Posted By: Sierra Phillips
Right now Decatur-Morgan Hospital is caring for 96 coronavirus inpatients.
This comes as hospital officials say they are expecting cases to rise in the next few weeks after Christmas and New Year s Eve gatherings. I m anticipating some really bad things to come in the next week to two weeks from Christmas. This is our highest number, 96 explained hospital president Kelli Powers.
Right now, 173 Decatur-Morgan hospital employees are out for coronavirus-related reasons.
That s about 10 percent of the hospital s staff.
Decatur-Morgan Hospital received 1,800 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine. They hope to give out that vaccine on Wednesday.
Vaccinations for COVID-19 will ramp up for Decatur Morgan Hospital staff and a vulnerable group of senior citizens, but a local nursing home operator questioned if the general public should