Operational Update: Over Past Week, $5 Million in Insulin for Syria, 25-Ton Charter for Nepal Covid Response and More
Direct Relief also provided India with $17 million worth of donated Covid-19 therapies from Eli Lilly, which cleared customs this week and will be used by hospitals treating Covid-19 patients.
A pharmacist with Syria Relief and Development stocks shelves during medical response efforts. Direct Relief supported the group with $5.5 million worth of donated insulin products over the past week. (SRD photo)
Over the past seven days, Direct Relief has delivered 311 shipments of requested medical aid to 44 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide.
A venue for life: Bridgeport church hosts pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic
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Bishop Kenneth Moales speaks at a news conference in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Bridgeport, Conn. March 15, 2021. Moales was joined by Gov. Ned Lamont and other officials to speak about the COVID-19 vaccination clinic currently running at his church.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Kent Owusu, right, administers a COVID-19 shot to Dammy Bamisile, of Stratford, at the vaccination clinic at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Bridgeport, Conn. March 15, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Bridgeport health care organization among 1st in country to partake in expedited vaccination program
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 13, 2021, 12:47pm EST
Optimus Health Care in Bridgeport became one of the first community health centers in the country to take part in President Joe Biden s expedited vaccination program Friday.
Optimus Health Care President Ludwig Spinelli says the White House called him and his team to help with the program. We re pretty excited about it, he said. We re really trying to reach folks from under-served areas, folks who may be afraid of the vaccine, may have had a bad experience, maybe don t trust government type of service.
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State passes 7 million COVID tests, but even as testing slows, the number of variant cases rises
Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org
Julyssa Colon, a nurse with Optimus Health Care, adjusts her PPE before administering a test for COVID-19 at a mobile test site in the parking lot of the Russell Temple Church in Bridgeport on June 30, 2020.
The state quietly passed a milestone this week, recording its 7 millionth COVID-19 test, but even as the pace of testing has slowed, laboratory data suggest that the number of cases that could be caused by the B.1.1.7 variant is rising sharply.
The new data released late Thursday by Dr. Nathan Grubaugh, an associate professor of epidemiology at Yale’s School of Public Health, show there were at least 152 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant as of the end of February.
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