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Don t miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Vermont college students from out-of-state who do not plan to stay for the summer and other part-time residents can start signing up for COVID-19 vaccines in Vermont on April 29, the state Health Department announced Wednesday. âThis opportunity will be based on the vaccine supply we receive from the federal government,â the Health Department said in a statement. The Health Department also announced that Vermonters who made an appointment through the state registration system that is at least three weeks away may receive a call asking if they want to be on a standby list for an earlier vaccine appointment. People who agree to be on the list should not cancel their existing appointment; it will be canceled for them if they get called in as a standby and after they receive the vaccine, the Health Department said. ....
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3:37 Vermont officials discussed the rate and the willingness of residents to be vaccinated during the governor’s regular COVID-19 update on Tuesday. Republican Governor Phil Scott joined the regularly scheduled briefing late after participating in the weekly White House update to governors on vaccine distribution. Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak kicked off the state briefing noting 93.6 % of Vermonters 65 and older have received one or both doses of vaccine and the CDC ranks the state among the top 10 in percentage of population fully vaccinated. “We continue to remain optimistic about the ultimate percentage of Vermonters who will get vaccinated as survey data continues to rank Vermont as one of the least hesitant states in the country when it comes to the vaccine. Just look at how important vaccines have been to Vermont to date. Given the higher case rates that we’ve experienced over the winter we estimate that 120 liv ....
THE DAILY NUMBERS One Vermonter died of COVID-19 over the past two days, the Vermont Department of Health reported in updating its COVID dashboard for the first time since Monday. The death toll is now 243. Twenty-seven Vermonters were hospitalized with the disease as of Wednesday, and three of those patients were in intensive care. The health department reported 73 new cases of COVID-19 in Vermont on Wednesday. The stateâs cumulative number of cases since the start of the pandemic is now 22,238, an increase of 126 since Monday. Twelve of Vermontâs 14 counties reported new cases over the past day. Chittenden County had 23; Bennington and Rutland counties each had nine; Orleans County had six; Lamoille and Windham counties each had five; Orange and Washington counties each had four; Caledonia and Windsor counties each had three; and Essex and Franklin counties each had one. Addison and Grand Isle counties had no new cases. ....
Senator Visits Morrisville Vaccination Site and Copley Hospital Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) Thursday announced that Vermont has received an additional $32 million from the federal government to aid the state’s efforts to vaccinate against COVID-19. Leahy, who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, also announced $8.5 billion in aid to rural health care providers included by the Senate in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which was signed into law by President Biden in March. Leahy announced the federal funding during a visit to the Morrisville vaccination site hosted by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and to Copley Hospital. ....