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The Neosho County Health Department is planning logistics and hopes to begin administering coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines next week.
Immunization Nurse Paul Roberts, RN, said the department has to follow strict guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control. Local residents are already asking how soon they may get vaccinated.
The health department received a minimal number of doses in the first delivery, but vaccines also have gone separately to Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center and other health clinics, as well as to nursing homes that will vaccinate their residents.
The health department received the Moderna vaccine, which requires a second injection 28 days after the first one. Roberts said they will ensure that everyone is able to get the second dose.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths during the past two weeks have bumped Neosho County up to eighth-highest in the state for per capita death rate.
With free testing available and the Christmas holiday coming, the medical officer of the Neosho County Health Department said people who do not have symptoms may still have the disease and should be tested to prevent spreading it to those more vulnerable.
âYou donât want to go and kill grandma,â Dr. Brian Kueser said.
The health department reported Tuesday that 11 Neosho County residents had died from COVID-19, up from three deaths as of Dec. 10.
Neosho County had 136 active cases Tuesday, down from 165 last Thursday. The county totaled 1,077 cases, an increase of 202 since Dec. 10.
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Flora E. Erickson, 94, of Chanute passed away on Thursday December 10, 2020 at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center. Flora was born on July 15, 1926 in Petrolia, KS the daughter of Earl and Mae (Larson) Edmonson.
Flora was a graduate of Oskaloosa High School Class of 1944. On December 26, 1953 she married Kile K. Erickson. They were married 42 years. She and Kile lived in Chanute until Kileâs retirement from the Santa Fe Railroad. During their years in Chanute they raised a family of 5 children. Flora made numerous lifelong friends during her years in Chanute.
Flora worked as a legal secretary most of her life. She was an active member in the Chanute Chapter of Legal Secretaries until she and Kile moved to Northern California in 1978. While living there, she helped establish the Trinity County Chapter of Legal Secretaries. She made many life long friends during the 10 years that she and Kile lived there. The couple returned to Chanute in 1988 due to Kileâs declining he