Created: February 01, 2021 08:42 PM
Leslie Neugent is doing everything she can to make sure he son JJ is healthy, including fighting for him to have priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
JJ, a 23-year-old from Wayzata, has Down syndrome. The family has been under a hard lockdown since March in an effort to limit his exposure to the coronavirus. We have not been in a grocery store or restaurant, Leslie said. It has been for all of us, absolutely terrifying.
As demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continues to grow, families across Minnesota worry that their loved ones with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities will be forced to wait for nearly two million other people to get the vaccine before they get the shot.
MDH: more than 35,000 Minnesotans gaining access to COVID doses in local communities
By Minnesota News Network|2021-02-02T05:40:37-06:00February 2nd, 2021|
More than 35,000 Minnesotans age 65-plus are gaining potential access to COVID-19 vaccines at over 100 places statewide. It comes in the wake of a successful two-week pilot to test the concept of community vaccination clinics.
“The goal here is to improve access closer to home with more COVID-19 vaccines being available at clinics, hospitals, community vaccination sites and other locations across the state this week.”
Minnesota Health Department (MDH) Commissioner Jan Malcolm says there’s also a new online vaccine finder to better connect elderly Minnesotans to vaccination opportunities in communities near where they live. More information is available at the MDH’s website.
Dr. Michael Osterholm says to avoid surge from U.K. COVID-19 variant, U.S. should delay second vaccine dose to prioritize first dose for as many 65+ as possible.
January 28: Weekly Driftless Region COVID-19 update
DRIFTLESS - Over the past week COVID-19, diagnoses statewide increased from 522,877 on Monday, Jan. 18 to 533,917 on Monday, Jan. 25. That is a statewide increase of 11,040 cases. The number of deaths increased from 5,470 to 5,699, an additional 229 deaths, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
According to the Monday, Jan. 25 issues of
Up North News, the rolling seven-day average of daily new coronavirus cases (1,597) has declined for 13 consecutive days and is now below 1,600 for the first time since Sept. 18.
The dashboard maintained by the Wisconsin Hospital Association shows the number of COVID-19 in-patients has declined for six consecutive days. The total number of hospitalized patients on Sunday was 761, a level last seen Oct. 4