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No new cases of COVID-19; center plans to shut down in June
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Erath County saw no new cases of COVID-19, but one additional death attributed to the virus this week, according to a report released Friday by county emergency management officials.
Erath County Vaccination Center officials announced recently that the center will no longer be offering first doses. The center will continue to provide second doses to those who received their first dose there. For more information, call (254) 459-5053.
At Tuesday s regular meeting of the Stephenville City Council, Fire Chief Jimmy Chew informed the council that plans are to shut down the center the first week of June, giving individuals enough time to make sure they receive their second dose. Those wanting to receive the vaccine, will still be able to through other pharmacies and healthcare facilities in the city.
April 12, 2021
While many rural residents identify as Republican, messages from party leaders don’t hold much sway over vaccine rejection.
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“When the story ran first time, within an hour, we had 1000 people sign up from other areas,” said Chuck Elliott, Assistant Fire Chief in Stephenville, Texas.
Stephenville, Texas, Assistant Fire Chief Chuck Elliott oversees the county’s vaccination effort and welcomed the outside foot traffic, issuing a come one, come all…to use an abundance of Moderna vaccines. That s our mission.to get folks vaccinated. Especially folks that are willing to come to Stephenville, he said.
It’s not just a rural Texas thing. Rural and Republican strongholds across the country are seeing an uptick in city residents flocking to their communities to snag a vaccine.
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First-time moms are waiting with bated breath for the revised COVID-19 restrictions as their newborn babies may finally be allowed to meet their relatives in-person.
“It takes a village to raise a child,” is how the saying goes and unfortunately those proverbial villages have been empty in recent months. According to Steinbach Family Resource Centre Executive Director Jo-Anne Dalton, the primary struggle for mothers since the pandemic set in has been that lack of personal connection.
“Anybody who was pregnant pre-pandemic has had a baby born in this ten-month period,” she states. “These babies who are six months to a year old right now, a lot of them have never even met their grandparents.”