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DPHD: COVID-19 vaccine available to homebound residents
By Gary Budzak - gbudzak@aimmediamidwest.com
Homebound vaccination partners (L to R): Julie Bates - SourcePoint FIRST service coordinator, Lt. S. Coontz - Delaware County EMS, Erin Rohrer - City of Delaware Fire Department service coordinator and Capt. A. Matteson - City of Delaware Fire Department.
Courtesy | DPHD
One of Delaware County’s most vulnerable populations the homebound are now able to receive the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination.
“In an effort to reach our community’s most vulnerable residents, a COVID-19 vaccination partnership allows homebound residents to receive their vaccination through one of our emergency partners in the comfort and safety of their home,” the Delaware Public Health District posted on Facebook April 30.
Your alarm goes off. Still impossibly tired, you lay under the blankets checking your smartwatch sleep report while summoning the energy to get out of bed. Breakfast is oatmeal. While it cooks, you take an electrocardiogram from the medical-grade EKG monitor you received because heart disease runs in your family. You rub the last of the sleep out of your eyes as you double-check today’s reading: abnormal. Quickly, you open the patient portal app on your phone and schedule an 11 a.m. virtual visit with your doctor. You finish your morning routine, using the smart toilet that scans stool and
The three rounds of federal COVID-19 stimulus for higher education institutions and students have been very beneficial, Arkansas State University President Chuck Welch said during ASU’s recent quarterly meeting. Guidance has only recently been received for the second round of funding, he said, so students will start seeing those benefits soon, followed later by the third round of support.
“We’re looking at how we can use funds for strategic purposes and maximize opportunities post-pandemic,” Welch said. “State budgeting in Arkansas continues to excel. General revenues are outperforming the state forecast by $529 million. My colleagues around the country are not experiencing that. We feel better about not facing budget cuts for the coming year.”
A GP surgery has been so successful at administering Covid-19 vaccinations that Prince William picked up the phone to congratulate staff. Castlegate and Derwent Surgery in Cockermouth managed to vaccinate more than 90 per cent of over-80s and a significant number of over-70s, too. Care homes and staff were also successfully vaccinated by the surgery and it is now working its way through households of over-75s in the area. Dr Carolyn Rigg, of Castlegate and Derwent Surgery, said: “We’re thrilled to be recognised like that. I think it was a very positive phone call. “He thanked us for all our hard work and said he was very grateful to us for delivering a ‘monumental vaccination programme.