Fox21Online
May 16, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.– As Minnesota continues to try and reach the 70 percent vaccinated mark needed for herd immunity, the jabs in the arms continued over at the DECC on Sunday afternoon.
The DECC was anticipating about 700 people to stop by for either their first or second dose of Moderna. While some people made appointments to come in, anyone is welcome to walk in without one, too.
One person who received their first dose today says it’s a great feeling to finally get the shot.
“I know I’ve been needing to get it done for a little while. I was waiting until the end of school so I could make sure I had myself taken care of. It’s really more for my family, they really wanted me to take it. Everyone wants to see each other again. So I’m happy I got that and I can go see them again,” said Alex Fernandez, a UMD student who received his first dose Sunday.
Church Pleads For Toy Donations as Demand Surges Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Rev. William Melvin Jones, pastor at Sanctuary Church in Chicago, said volunteers have been working around the clock to bring Christmas to children across the city. We are going to be here all night long, Jones said.
For more than 24 years, the Chicago Toy Depository at Sanctuary Church has been answering Christmas letters from children, preparing toys and filling stockings for typical several hundred families.
This year, however, the church received more than 1,000 requests for toys and food in light of the financial struggles people are facing during the coronavirus pandemic. In a message Wednesday, the Chicago Toy Depository said they are still in desperate need of 800 toys.
US Postal Service Dealing with ‘Historic Volume of Holiday Mail
If you mailed-out holiday gifts weeks ago thinking the packages would arrive in plenty of time for Christmas Day, you may want to check the status of the delivery.
“This negative impact is compounded by the temporary employee shortage due to the COVID-19 surge, as well as ongoing capacity challenges with airlifts and trucking for moving this historic volume of mail,” said USPS spokesperson Tim Norman.
The American Postal Workers Union said nearly 19,000 postal employees are currently in quarantine after either contracting, or being exposed to, the coronavirus.
“You have to understand that we’ve had people exposed to the virus. They’ve had childcare issues or they’re not able to come to work,” said APWU Local 1 Chicago president Keith Richardson.