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Board Approves Property Tax Levy, Discusses COVID Vaccination Clinic
By Joseph Schany - | Feb 25, 2021
by Joseph Schany
The Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors gathered Tuesday morning for a regular session meeting to discuss ongoing county business.
Sarah Strohman, Director of Palo Alto County Public Health, was not available for this week’s meeting. In lieu of speaking to the Board, Strohman sent a brief message explaining that last week’s COVID vaccine clinic for the county’s elderly population, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, had been canceled due to not receiving the expected shipment of vaccine because of inclement weather.
Supervisors Discuss Frustrations Over COVID Vaccine Scheduling
By Joseph Schany - | Feb 18, 2021
by Joseph Schany
“We have seen a little bit of an increase,” began Sarah Strohman, director of Palo Alto County Public Health, providing an update on county COVID-19 numbers to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. “We currently have 33 active cases of COVID-19 in the county and a 14-day average of 10 percent. We’ve had 19 deaths in Palo Alto County.”
Public Health held its first county COVID vaccination clinic at the VFW in Emmetsburg on Tuesday, Feb. 9, and according to Strohman, the clinic was very successful.
“We had our VFW clinic for 65 and older and vaccinated 200 people that day. It was a huge success. We’ve already got their appointments made for their booster vaccine in March. That worked very well.”
From the Desk of Public Health
By Staff | Feb 4, 2021
I will say that last week, more than any other since the beginning of this pandemic, was a steep learning curve. Our office has been inundated with phone calls from people wanting to schedule appointments for vaccine, wanting information on the brand that we are receiving (which is Moderna), concerns for allergies and getting the vaccine, people looking to travel and wanting to schedule vaccines around the times when they are home, as well as many other questions. I am glad to hear the number of people that are interested in getting vaccinated as this will hopefully help us reach the end of this pandemic.
Board Reviews Ongoing COVID Vaccine Plans
By Joseph Schany - | Jan 25, 2021
by Joseph Schany
“We currently have 43 active cases of COVID-19 in Palo Alto County,” said Sarah Strohman, Palo Alto County Public Health, updating the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday morning’s regular session meeting. “We’ve had 904 total cases and there have been nine deaths as Monday, Jan. 18.”
According to Strohman, Palo Alto County’s current 7-day positivity rate for the virus is 6 percent, while the 14-day percentage is 10 percent.
“We’ve come down from last week,” said Strohman. “We did hit a little bit of a peak last week but coming down nicely now.”