Citizen reporter Two additional fever tents were constructed over the weekend, to accommodate the renewed increase in Covid-19 cases. Gauteng Premiere addresses the media outside a field hospital by the entrance to Steve Biko Academic Hospital where Gauteng Premiere David Makhura visited, 11 January 2020, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
A sharp increase in Covid-19 patients has been observed at the hospital since December last year.
In a statement released by the Gauteng health department on Sunday, patients being admitted are reported to be more ill and require critical care.
Patients are also arriving in groups, and others are being referred to the hospital from private and public healthcare faculties in Gauteng, the North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo, putting additional strain on a facility already struggling due to the pandemic.
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Midland County Department of Public Health hosted a clinic on Saturday, Dec. 26 for medical first responders to receive their first round of COVID-19 vaccines.Photo provided/Midland County Department of Public HealthShow MoreShow Less
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Midland County Department of Public Health hosted a clinic on Saturday, Dec. 26 for medical first responders to receive their first round of COVID-19 vaccines.Photo provided/Midland County Department of Public HealthShow MoreShow Less
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Midland County Department of Public Health hosted a clinic on Saturday, Dec. 26 for medical first responders to receive their first round of COVID-19 vaccines.Photo provided/Midland County Department of Public HealthShow MoreShow Less
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MARQUETTE The Marquette County Health Department has provided rollout phases and estimated starting times for the COVID-19 vaccination process in the Upper Peninsula.
The MCHD said vaccine has been distributed to many provider organizations across Michigan, and continues to be distributed and received. It encourages people age 16 and older to get vaccinated.
However, because of limited supply, vaccine distribution must follow strict guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the MIchigan Department of Health and Human Services to ensure people with the highest critical need are vaccinated first.
Dr. Bob Lorinser, medical director of the Marquette County Health Department, Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, Western Upper Peninsula Health Department and Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties, said questions about vaccine allocations abound statewide and nationwide.
Dec 24, 2020
Many are wondering when the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to them. The COVID-19 vaccine has been distributed to many provider organizations across Michigan and continues to be distributed and received as supply allows.
Your local public health department encourages all citizens age 16 and older to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In consideration of limited supply, COVID-19 vaccine distribution must follow strict guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services in order to ensure those with the most critical need receive vaccination first.
To get a better picture regarding when you may be able to receive COVID-19 vaccination, listed below are the rollout phases and estimated starting times for each phase for the COVID vaccination process in the Upper Peninsula.
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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (Photo provided/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)