Public Safety
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The Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new portable and dual band radios at a cost of $330,552 during its meeting Dec. 16, by a vote of 5-1. -
City Council is considering two options that would charge for paramedic care provided by the Monterey Fire Department when ambulance transport is needed. Some are concerned it would discourage people from calling 911.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson said he would request an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government, seeking to unlock federal resources and financial support, as flooding continues in Western Washington this week.
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Each nurse is the point person for any child who comes to school sick or develops symptoms. Responsibilities include clearing children to return after being sick and reporting cases to city and state health authorities.
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Ige's office told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser the his proclamations are clear that “A statewide mandate on masks already exists. ... With the governor's approval, each county has issued its own specific guidelines.”
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The 236 new cases in Lexington were among 338 total from the weekend, according to the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. The department releases the number of new infections from Saturday and Sunday on Monday.
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The growing calls for help come as once-ample government aid has run dry or been delayed. In addition, COVID cases are on the rise, and lack of in-person classes for children has forced thousands of parents to stay home.
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The upward trend of positive tests since mid-October has put much of the Western New York region in the governor’s sightlines for potential shutdowns and has led to grim conversations among health experts.
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A coastal flood warning was also issued for the Florida Keys, with the most significant flooding expected along the Gulf side of the Lower Keys, and both bay side and oceanside in the Upper Keys.
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Racial disparities are showing as minorities are disproportionately becoming infected with COVID-19, and despite information to the contrary, children are becoming infected and are capable of infecting adults.
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Assuming countywide infection rates hold steady in Grand Forks, the 4,600-plus positive tests recorded as of Nov. 1 would double to about 9,500 by Nov. 25, then again to 19,100 by Dec. 18, and again to 38,200 by Jan. 10.
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Hiring cleanup services on their own will cost families upwards of $60,000. And without proper cleanup, the fire debris could create “a toxic batch of waste that is going to ruin the ecology of that area.”
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The virus is filling up hundreds of beds and taking out doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and other health care workers in Idaho. As cases surge, health care leaders plead with residents and officials to stop the inertia before it overwhelms the system.
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Metro ICU bed space has grown scarce because many nurses and caregivers were unavailable due to their own infections or viral exposures. Episodic shortages have occurred in central Minnesota and other parts of the state.
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Woodward County, Okla., EM director Matt Lehenbauer urged people to get tested and get lung issues treated. The state is no longer providing masks, but the county has purchased some that are available at the courthouse.
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The county commissioners approved appropriating more than $4.9 million from government reimbursements through each of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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At least one coronavirus vaccine is expected to receive FDA emergency use authorization and be made available early next year to some high-risk individuals like health-care workers and nursing home residents, employees.
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Nurses, doctors and other front-line staff had to reuse N-95 masks, sometimes for days at a time, when metro Detroit became a COVID-19 hot spot in late March and early April. Others couldn't get N95 masks at all.
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Educators are worried about the turmoil that would be caused by reopening and then closing down again. Missing from the conversation is a serious look at how schools will contain cases when they arise in classrooms.
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COVID-19 cases are rising across Nobles County, Minn., with the highest number showing up in individuals ages 26 to 50. A county official said celebrations and COVID fatigue are to blame for the rising number of cases.
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The first of his patients to succumb to COVID-19 died in the fall — a grandmother in her 70s who tested positive along with her granddaughter and four other family members. She was hospitalized within a week and died a few weeks later.
