Fall River COVID cases jump by 235 over weekend, ahead of vaccine s arrival
The Herald News and State House News Service reports
FALL RIVER While Fall River saw an increase of 235 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, hope is on the way as the city prepares to receive its first shipment of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.
The latest jump in cases, from Saturday through Monday, puts the total number of COVID cases identified in Fall River at 6,301, according to the office of Mayor Paul Coogan.
Six city residents died of the highly infectious coronavirus in that three-day span. Since the start of the pandemic in March, Fall River has reported 198 virus-related fatalities.
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COVID-19 vaccinations underway; South Shore Health expecting Pfizer shipment Wednesday
South South Health is expected to receive its first shipment of 1,950 Pfizer vaccines Wednesday morning, Dec. 16.
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As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot.
The VA Bedford Healthcare system said Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, received the shot at 12:07 p.m.
Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get the vaccine, at 12:20 p.m.
Looking forward to a vaccine - Tupelo Community Living Center
Christina Turner of the Tupelo Community Living Center explained people in the center are excitedly waiting for the coronavirus vaccine.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 7:41 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 9:12 AM
Posted By: Bronson Woodruff
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) Managers at Tupelo’s Community Living Center said people who live in their nursing homes have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. I feel like finally, maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” Christina Turner said.
Turner is Senior Director of Clinical Operations at the Community Elder Care Services.
The company manages nursing homes in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Boston joining other cities in again tightening virus restrictions
Richard Guarino center, Boston Medical Center supply chain operations associate director, is accompanied by Victor Ruiz, left, as they deliver the hospital s first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the pharmacy at Boston Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
William Senior, pharmacy technician at Boston Medical Center, unpacks two trays comprising the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Boston Medical Center, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Each tray contains 975 doses of the vaccine. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP, Pool)
Victor Mendoza, certified pharmacy technician at Boston Medical Center, places his thumb on the sensor of the package comprising the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Boston Medical Center to determine if the shipment has maintained the correct temperature on Mond
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