The Alpena News
Courtesy Image
An illustration of the coronavirus provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
District Health Department No. 4 has announced two more opportunities for Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle and Cheboygan county residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
The one dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be available by appointment only at the Health Department’s Rogers City location, 106 E. Huron Ave., as only 20 doses are available. Call 1-800-221-0294 to schedule an appointment.
The Moderna vaccine will be available from 12 to 4 p.m. at a walk-in clinic at the Cheboygan Knights of Columbus. Call 1-800-221-0294 to schedule an appointment.
The spike in new Wuhan coronavirus infections recorded in Michigan over the spring is similar to a spike seen during the 2020 fall season. According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, the [.]
Alpena News editorial
After a strong initial rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, public health agencies nationwide appear to have hit a ceiling.
District Health Department No. 4 leaders announced recently they would scale back vaccine clinics because too few residents showed up to mass vaccination callouts.
As of Thursday, Presque Isle County counted 48% of residents 16 and older as fully vaccinated, according to state data. About 44% of Alcona County residents, 42% of Alpena County residents, and 41% of Montmorency County residents were fully vaccinated.
Those facts concern us. Public health experts say we need to vaccinate as much as 85% of those 16 and older to declare the pandemic “over” and return to normal life.
Tuscola County Health Department advises unofficial Reese prom attendees to quarantine after positive cases detected
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 29, 2021
High-heeled shoes are kicked off during a high school prom in this 2013 file photo.J. Scott Park | MLive.com file
Facebook Share
REESE, MI Public health officials in Tuscola County are advising anyone who attended a recent unofficial Reese prom event to quarantine after positive cases of COVID-19 were detected among prom-goers.
“Please be advised there have been individuals in attendance that are confirmed COVID-19 positive,” reads a recent post on the Tuscola County Health Department Facebook page.
The event took place Saturday, April 24, at The Grand Banquet and Conference Center in Bay City, according to health department officials.
CADILLAC â The local COVID-19 positivity rate is dropping though still well-above the community spread threshold.
That means new cases are still being recorded in local counties, and deaths also climbed over the weekend.
Vaccination is climbing as mass vaccination clinics have been getting underway and continue to be scheduled.
District Health Department No. 10 announced Monday that the department would resume using the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine produced by Johnson and Johnson; use of the vaccine was temporarily halted over concerns about the vaccine s tie to blood clots.
Data from local counties suggest that positivity rates are dropping more sharply where vaccination rates are higher.