Local first responders, nursing home residents and staff getting inoculated
Lisa DeTulio, a registered nurse, gives Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 firefighter and EMT Brayden Alves a COVID-19 vaccination shot at Waterbury Hospital in Waterbury on Jan. 7. -STEVEN VALENTI/REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
The vaccination of nursing home residents and staff as well as first responders in the battle against COVID-19 is underway.
Glendale Center and Beacon Brook Health Center, both in Naugatuck, have partnered with CVS to administer the approved Pfizer vaccines to their staff and residents. The nursing homes began to vaccinate their residents and staff in late December.
Glendale Center completed its first vaccination clinic on Dec. 27, according to Glendale Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard Feifer.
Narcan is now available for free in Taney and Stone Counties. The drug temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
Narcan is available there now because of a partnership between the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Community Distribution Program and local treatment and recovery support organizations, according to CoxHealth Branson.
The drug does not replace medical treatment for an overdose. If it is administered, 911 should be called immediately.
Last year, there were 1,094 fatal opioid-related overdoses in Missouri, and there were 1,132 opioid deaths in the state in 2018.
There are several locations where you can get Narcan. They are: