To date, 84% of skilled nursing residents and 61% of skilled nursing staff have been vaccinated; Staff acceptance rates far exceed national average as.
Mask order lifted in 2 eastern Idaho counties as COVID-19 cases drop
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The following is a news release from Eastern Idaho Public Health. File photo
IDAHO FALLS The Eastern Idaho Public Health District Board of Health met Thursday and determined that Fremont and Lemhi counties have met the metric to return to the Minimal Risk Level of the COVID-19 Regional Response Plan. The metric was met by having its active case rate below the threshold of 15/10,000 population for the most recent 14-day period.
Although the Public Health Order for face coverings was rescinded, this does not alleviate the need to make the choices necessary to slow the spread of the virus in our communities as the virus is still circulating and posing a risk for illness, hospitalization, and death.
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Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Launches Third COVID-19 Vaccination Program
The Medical Center is running three concurrent vaccination programs in addition to COVID-19 testing
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco; Bergen New Bridge Long Term Care Resident Bob Cole; Bergen New Bridge Chief Long Term Care Officer Katie Richardson and Bergen New Bridge President and CEO Deborah Visconi celebrate Bob receiving the first long term care vaccine at the Medical Center.
Paramus NJ, Dec. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) (Paramus, NJ) Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is running three concurrent COVID-19 vaccination programs in a focused effort to eradicate COVID-19. In addition to today’s newly launched long term care program, the Medical Center began vaccinating its staff with Pfizer’s vaccine on December 18. On December 28, after receiving 1,000 initial doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and in partnership with the County of Bergen, Bergen New Bridge began vaccinating other healthca
As the novel coronavirus vaccine rollout continues, residents and staff at long-term care facilities across the Garden State began getting vaccinated on Monday.
Gov. Phil Murphy, during his coronavirus update in Trenton, said through the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long Term Care program, 291 Jersey nursing homes have been scheduled to receive vaccinations for more than 83,000 residents and staff over the next six weeks.
“With each passing day, our vaccination program is growing a little larger and a lot stronger,” he said. “We are ready for this moment and we know countless residents, more importantly, are as well.”
More than 7,200 residents of long-term care facilities, and 125 staff members, have died of the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, according to the state s tracking. That s out of nearly 17,000 deaths in the state overall. As of Monday, the state was observing 480 outbreaks at long-term care facilities.