It’s been a year since a group of Utah doctors and nurses worked in New York City hospitals, then the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now they say vaccines are offering hope that the worst of the battle against the deadly virus is over.
More than 2,200 Utahns have died of COVID-19
Salt Lake and Davis County are making changes at their vaccination sites.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine at the Woods Cross High School pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to get the COVID-19 vaccine to 16- and 17-year-olds. | Updated: May 1, 2021, 2:15 a.m.
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The Utah Department of Health has reported five more deaths caused by the coronavirus, bringing the state’s total COVID-19 death toll to 2,202.
SALT LAKE CITY It s been a year since about 100 Intermountain Healthcare workers traveled from Utah to New York to help as that state was being overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and health care workers held an emotional remembrance of the anniversary on Friday. Today is a day where I guess we can t say enough thank yous, Magdalena Litwinczuk, a surgical intensive care unit nurse with Northwell Health, said during a Friday morning news conference with Northwell and Intermountain.
Medical professionals from Utah traveled to New York last spring to help with the pandemic response at Northwell Health facilities.
Many of the Intermountain doctors and nurses who were called upon to help said when they traveled to New York, they were asked to help with things that weren t in their traditional set of skills.