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BENNINGTON â Vermont Veterans Home trustees heard during a meeting Friday that there are some signs a recent surge in positive COVID-19 tests is abating.
CEO Melissa Jackson and home medical director Dr. Peter King told the board that of 246 PCR tests for the disease taken Thursday, there were no positive results.
That contrasts with recent regular testing at the facility over the past three weeks, which found four home residents testing positive since Friday and at least six positive results among staff members since Feb. 27.
The four residents have been moved to an isolation and respiratory care section set up within the home, which has its own dedicated staff and personal protective equipment and other standards. Another hopeful sign, the officials said, is that the four residents now affected â ranging in age from their 80s to 100 years old â remain asymptomatic. All also have received both COVID-19 vaccinat
The Joint Committee on Administration and Regulatory Oversight will decide on a $400 million request by Governor Charlie Baker to build a new Holyoke Soldiers Home.
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Those seeking protection against the coronavirus will have another place in Napa to turn to, starting next week.
Irene M. Snow Elementary School, at 1130 Foster Road in the cityâs southwest corner, will host an immunization center for residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, to be staffed by Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center.
Vaccinations will be offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the schoolâs multipurpose room, on days when in-person classes are not in session.
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The first vaccination clinic is planned for Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the second on Saturday, March 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
He was welcomed Monday by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, among other dignitaries, staff and community members.
Davis retired in 1976 after 10 years in the U.S. Army and 10 years in the U.S. Air Force.
In Montana, veterans represent 10 percent of the population.
âWhen you enter a facility like this, it is nursing care, said William Willing, chair of the Southwest Montana Veterans Home Selection Committee. It s towards the end of your life for the veterans. We re trying to make you feel a warm home environment, you know, a safe place. Instead of an institutional type of hospital setting.â
According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, up to 30 percent of veterans can struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.