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  • Wisconsin health department updates COVID charts to align with CDC

    Wisconsin health department updates COVID charts to align with CDC

    Wisconsin health department updates COVID charts to align with CDC

    The Wisconsin Department of Health and fitness Products and services built many changes to its general public COVID-19 knowledge webpages Thursday, most notably by adopting the U.S. Facilities for Disease Command and Prevention’s system for indicating risk and group-level distribute of the virus.

    The CDC breaks down COVID-19 levels into superior, medium and minimal tiers, getting into account the two area disorder spread and hospital capacity. The new amounts swap the states COVID-19 exercise levels that the condition utilised to aspect on its website by location and county.

    “We truly price that CDC has integrated (hospital potential data) into the local community stages and want to inspire people today to use that approach for their final decision-building,” stated Traci DeSalvo, director of DHS’s bureau of communicable conditions.

    DHS also updated its details on charges of illness, hospitalization and death among vaccinated and unvaccinated people. 

  • Witham Health Services updates visitor guidelines as COVID-19 eases

    Witham Health Services updates visitor guidelines as COVID-19 eases

    Witham Health Companies, headquartered in Lebanon, Ind., announced Friday updates to visitor pointers just after COVID-19 fears reduce.

    The professional medical program will also provide in-human being group education lessons and guidance group meetings, services drastically afflicted when the COVID-19 pandemic hit just about two years in the past.

    “Things are going in the right way. We have a new sense of hope as the quantity of COVID positive clients in our clinic is in the vicinity of zero!” said Kelly Braverman, CEO/president of Witham Wellness Expert services, in the announcement.

    “Now is the perfect time to timetable any regimen test-ups and screenings that you have delayed all through the most up-to-date COVID spike. Your overall health and basic safety is our top rated precedence. Be sure to do not place off crisis or program treatment – we are in this article to support maintain you healthful. Witham Wellness Services will deliver the exceptional treatment you’ve come to hope.”

    Witham Health Services updates visitor guidelines as COVID-19 eases

    Even though Witham staff members, clients and site visitors need to nonetheless war masks in each individual health care facility, according to the announcement, restrictions on the selection of readers has eased in selected areas. 

    “Witham is focused to maintaining you and your loved ones harmless and with the standard precautions of wearing masks and social distancing, we are the moment all over again ready to provide in-individual group training lessons and guidance group conferences. We have also updated our customer rules to mirror the lessen COVID positivity charge in Boone County.” mentioned Braverman.

  • Indiana COVID-19 updates Sunday March 27, 2022

    Indiana COVID-19 updates Sunday March 27, 2022

    The latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic for Sunday, March 27, 2022.

    INDIANAPOLIS — Here are Sunday’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including the latest news on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing in Indiana.

    Registrations for the vaccine are now open for Hoosiers 5 and older through the Indiana State Department of Health. This story will be updated over the course of the day with more news on the COVID-19 pandemic.

    RELATED: Here’s everything we know about the COVID-19 vaccine

    RELATED: Here are the most common omicron symptoms being reported

    Kroger offering ‘Test to Treat’

    Kroger Health announced that its Little Clinics are participating in the Biden Administration’s “Test to Treat” initiative for patients exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. 

    The service is available at all 225 locations in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Virginia.

    If you visit a Little Clinic and test positive for COVID-19, you will receive their antiviral prescription, if clinically appropriate, which can be filled at a Kroger pharmacy. 

    Patients can schedule a test at https://www.kroger.com/health/clinic and select, “COVID Viral Test (Test Active Infection)” as the reason for their visit.

    The U.S. COVID-19 Therapeutic Locator provides additional information linked here.

    Latest US, world numbers

    There have been more than 79.94 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States as of 6 a.m. ET Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There have been more than 976,650 deaths recorded in the U.S.

    Worldwide, there have been more than 480.15 million confirmed coronavirus cases with more than 6.12 million deaths and more than 10.86 billion vaccine doses administered.


    For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness like pneumonia, or death.

    RELATED: Pastor pleads guilty to fraud after using COVID relief funds to buy Mercedes-Benz

    Marion County COVID-19 vaccination and test clinics continue

    The Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) continues to provide free COVID-19 vaccination and testing to anyone interested in receiving these services.

    MCPHD is operating one COVID-19 testing site, which is a drive-thru clinic located at 3838 N. Rural St. in Indianapolis.

    The clinic’s current hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. This clinic offers PCR testing only and no rapid testing. A list of additional test sites registered with the Indiana Department of Health is available at coronavirus.in.gov.

    Appointments for COVID-19 testing at the MCPHD location are not required but are available by visiting marionhealth.org/indycovid or calling 317-221-5515.

    MCPHD is also offering COVID-19 vaccines at its district health offices, ACTION Health Center, and four other locations in Marion County. Appointments for vaccines are not required but are recommended. 

    Please visit ourshot.in.gov or call 2-1-1 to find a vaccination clinic.

    Marion County March clinic schedule

    • Northeast District Health Office, 6042 E. 21st St.
      Mondays: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
      Tuesdays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    • Eagledale Plaza Health Office, 2802 Lafayette Road
      Tuesdays: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • Northwest District Health Office, 6940 N. Michigan Road
      Thursdays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
    • South District Health Office, 7551 S. Shelby St.
      Mondays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
      Fridays: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • ACTION Health Center, 2868 N. Pennsylvania St.
      Wednesdays: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
    • Martindale-Brightwood Public Library Branch, 2435 N. Sherman Drive (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • College Avenue Public Library Branch, 4180 N. College Ave. (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • East 38th Street Public Library Branch, 5420 E. 38th St.  (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • IndyGo Carson Transit Center, 201 E. Washington St.  (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
      Wednesdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
      Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

  • Indiana COVID-19 updates Sunday March 27, 2022

    Indiana coronavirus updates for March 7, 2022

    The latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic for Monday, March 7, 2022.

    INDIANAPOLIS — Here are Monday’s latest updates on the coronavirus pandemic, including the latest news on COVID-19 vaccinations and testing in Indiana.

    Registrations for the vaccine are now open for Hoosiers 5 and older through the Indiana State Department of Health. This story will be updated over the course of the day with more news on the COVID-19 pandemic.

    RELATED: Here’s everything we know about the COVID-19 vaccine

    RELATED: Here are the most common omicron symptoms being reported

    Franciscan Health adjusts visitation policies

    With COVID-19 coronavirus cases dropping in central Indiana and the number of patients hospitalized with the virus also on the decline, Franciscan Health is relaxing its visitor policies for the four medical campuses in Indianapolis, Mooresville and Carmel.

    The following policies will go into effect 9 a.m. Monday, March 7:

    • Patients will be allowed two visitors at a time during visiting hours, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.  All ages are now permitted as visitors.
    • Active screening of visitors for COVID-like symptoms is being discontinued. Visitors should self-screen for COVID symptoms and only visit the hospital if symptom-free.
    • All visitors 2 and older are required to wear an unvented face mask. Visitors without an unvented mask will be provided one upon entering the hospital.
    • Visitors should continue to observe social distancing and practice good hand hygiene. 

    The new policies were defined with input from the Franciscan Alliance leadership and guidelines from the CDC, Indiana Department of Health and Marion County Health Department.

    Purdue to relax mask protocols in classes, research spaces

    Purdue University announced it will drop its mask mandate and move to mask optional beginning March 14. This means masks won’t be required in classrooms or research spaces. 

    However, the university did say masks will still be required in health care settings and where contractually required. Masks also continue to be required as apart of the quarantine process for those infected or exposed to COVID-19.

    The university’s decision was made based on data showing declining COVID-19 cases, current CDC guidance and the high rate of vaccinations among the campus community. According to Purdue, the campus is now 90{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} vaccinated. 

    Free vaccines and boosters will continue to be available at no cost at Purdue’s campus vaccine clinic. The university will also continue to provide free N95 and KN95 masks throughout campus.  

    Global death toll tops 6 million as pandemic enters 3rd year

    The official global death toll from COVID-19 is topped 6 million people early Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now in its third year, is far from over.

    The milestone is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks, travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe. The death toll, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, stood at 6,000,097 at 5:30 a.m. ET Monday.

    Latest US, world numbers

    There have been more than 79.27 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States as of 5:30 a.m. Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. There have been more than 958,620 deaths recorded in the U.S.

    Worldwide, there have been more than 446.36 million confirmed coronavirus cases with 6 million deaths and more than 10.59 billion vaccine doses administered.


    For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness like pneumonia, or death.

    RELATED: Global COVID death toll hits 6 million in 2 years of pandemic

    Marion County COVID-19 vaccination and test clinics continue

    The Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD) continues to provide free COVID-19 vaccination and testing to anyone interested in receiving these services.

    MCPHD is operating one COVID-19 testing site, which is a drive-thru clinic located at at 3838 N. Rural Street in Indianapolis.

    The clinic’s current hours are Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. This clinic offers PCR testing only and no rapid testing. A list of additional test sites registered with the Indiana Department of Health is available at Coronavirus.IN.gov.

    Appointments for COVID-19 testing at the MCPHD location are not required but are available by visiting MarionHealth.org/indycovid or calling 317-221-5515.

    MCPHD is also offering COVID-19 vaccines at its district health offices, ACTION Health Center, and four other locations in Marion County. Appointments for vaccines are not required but are recommended. 

    Please visit OurShot.IN.gov or call 2-1-1 to find a vaccination clinic.

    Marion County March clinic schedule

    • Northeast District Health Office, 6042 E. 21st St.
      Mondays: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
      Tuesdays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
      Saturday, March 26 only, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • Eagledale Plaza Health Office, 2802 Lafayette Rd.
      Tuesdays: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • Northwest District Health Office, 6940 N. Michigan Rd.
      Thursdays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
      Saturday, March 19 only: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • South District Health Office, 7551 S. Shelby St.
      Mondays: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
      Fridays: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
      Saturday, March 12 only: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
    • ACTION Health Center, 2868 N. Pennsylvania St.
      Wednesdays: 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
    • Martindale-Brightwood Public Library Branch, 2435 N. Sherman Dr. (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • College Avenue Public Library Branch, 4180 N. College Ave. (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • East 38th Street Public Library Branch, 5420 E. 38th St.  (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
    • IndyGo Carson Transit Center, 201 E. Washington St.  (ages 12-over only)
      Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
      Wednesdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
      Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 

    How to order more free COVID-19 test kits from US government 

    Starting next week, the U.S. government will allow Americans to order another round of free at-home COVID-19 tests.

    The second round of orders will begin next week allowing two separate orders of an additional four tests, eight tests total, to be placed.

    President Joe Biden announced the second round of orders will begin during Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

    During the first round of orders back in January, 500,00 tests were available, but nearly half of those tests remain unclaimed.

    To order the at-home tests, you can visit this USPS website starting next week and fill out the required information. All orders will ship completely free.

  • Arizona Dept. of Health Services reduces frequency of COVID-19 updates from daily to weekly

    Arizona Dept. of Health Services reduces frequency of COVID-19 updates from daily to weekly

    ‘It’s sensible for you to quit putting on masks in indoor environments,’ wellness specialist states amid COVID-19 drop

    PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona’s public health company on Saturday offered its past planned every day update of the state’s coronavirus dashboard of pandemic facts these types of as added COVID-19 instances, new deaths and hospitalization concentrations.

    The condition Division of Wellbeing Expert services declared Feb. 18 that it would swap to weekly dashboard updates starting off next Wednesday for the reason that the outbreak is slowing and to be steady with other infectious illness that are noted.

    “It also will provide a clearer see of COVID-19 developments by smoothing the variability in daily reporting by labs and other resources,” the department’s announcement claimed.

    In the dashboard’s closing every day update unveiled Saturday, virus-similar inpatient hospitalizations dropped for the 29th straight day, slipping to 1,313 as of Friday. Which is down from 3,559 on Jan. 27, which was the peak of the now-ebbing coronavirus an infection wave associated with the omicron variant.

    The added 1,638 newly confirmed an infection circumstances and 15 further fatalities claimed by the dashboard on Saturday boosted the state’s pandemic totals to 1,976,890 an infection circumstances and 27,946 deaths.

    According to Johns Hopkins College info, Arizona’s seven-day rolling ordinary of new an infection cases dropped from 5,239.6 on Feb. 9 to 1,944.7 on Wednesday when the rolling ordinary of daily fatalities rose from 60.9 to 68.3 over the very same period.

    “It is distinct from what persons have gotten utilised to with COVID info but not various from how we do it with other infectious disorder data,” claimed Jessica Rigler, Arizona Department of Well being Solutions assistant director.

    She extra: “You are getting a additional comprehensive picture of what happened in that week rather of facts just trickling in.”

    ‘It’s affordable for you to end carrying masks in indoor environments’

    Executive Director of the Arizona Public Overall health Affiliation, Will Humble, says there is some very good information on the horizon with the place transitioning from a pandemic to an endemic.

    “Every new case is possibly a breakthrough situation from a vaccinated person, omicron observed all individuals people today who did not want to get vaccinated and that mixed with the truth that omicron is less deadly than delta alterations the way you need to make conclusions away from scenarios and shifting toward hospitalizations,” Humble said.

    Humble states AZDHS will also be supplying far more data on hospitalizations, and those people quantities are also going down. “As that share of men and women in the medical center with COVID begins to drop additional and even further, you can find a lot more area to preserve up on these non-crisis procedures that have been delayed for so quite a few months.”

    In accordance to that exact data, four counties in Arizona, Maricopa, Yavapai Coconino and Santa Cruz, are in the “reasonable” range in terms of COVID-19 situations and hospitalizations. This implies, he suggests, they could stop wearing masks in these places, besides for configurations like assisted residing, proficient nursing, or homeless shelters.

    “It is really realistic for you to halt donning masks in indoor environments. That could apply for illustration to K-12, universities, private businesses …” Humble reported.

    He suggests this most recent assistance is a turning point in the ideal direction.

    “You have this increased amount of immunity, antibodies and t-cells all over the place in Arizona now and which is why you see new infections not ensuing in new bacterial infections, typically. So, I assume the new standards, the new steering is really really fantastic.”

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  • Covid Updates: New York Backs Off Booster Mandate for Health Care Workers

    Covid Updates: New York Backs Off Booster Mandate for Health Care Workers

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    The United States will improve coronavirus vaccine support to 11 African nations, officers said on Thursday, in an hard work to reduce potential variants and bolster inoculation endeavours in the minimum vaccinated continent.

    By the Initiative for World Vaccine Entry, or International Vax, the Biden administration will provide “intensive economical, technical and diplomatic support” to African international locations that have not long ago demonstrated the potential to hasten vaccine uptake, in accordance to a assertion from Rebecca Chalif, a spokeswoman for the United States Agency for International Growth.

    The company reported it chosen a group of nations around the world in sub-Saharan Africa — Angola, Eswatini, Ghana, Ivory Coastline, Lesotho, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia — based mostly on the load of Covid-19 on their populations, the capacity of their wellness units, their readiness to promptly administer vaccine doses in the absence of offer constraints and their ability to correctly deploy further U.S. investments. The company had allocated $510 million to aid international vaccination courses, and much more than 50 {fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of that funding will be allocated to the 1st group of African nations.

    The Worldwide Vax initiative commenced in December to enable nations around the world, specially all those in sub-Saharan Africa, to get more shots into additional arms. Even as African countries have gained more vaccines, quite a few of them have struggled to distribute them because of a shortage of the ultracold chain freezers desired to maintain doses from expiring and mainly because of the complications in delivering them to distant towns and villages. Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation have also posed difficulties.

    With the Biden administration’s further fiscal support, these 11 African international locations will get “increased U.S. government engagement and funding to promptly assess requires and scale up the rate of vaccination, which includes guidance from gurus below in the U.S. and in the discipline,” the assertion claimed.

    The most up-to-date help from the U.S. government arrives as the Earth Wellbeing Corporation began sending 42 authorities to at minimum 18 African international locations that are going through worries in administering vaccines. For a few to 6 months — and in some scenarios up to a calendar year — these industry experts are set to enable nations around the world like Burundi, Ethiopia and Mozambique in economic setting up, taking care of vaccine stocks and strengthening general public well being steps.

    Presently, just 12 percent of the African inhabitants — or 168 million people — have been absolutely vaccinated, in accordance to the W.H.O., with Africa accounting for just 3.5 per cent of the 10.3 billion doses administered globally.

    An normal of 6 million people today are remaining vaccinated in Africa weekly, but wellness officials say that desires to increase to around 36 million if the continent is to get to the shared goal of vaccinating 70 p.c of the populace of each and every country by the center of this 12 months.

    The disparity in obtain to vaccines has been a contentious concern more than the previous year, with African leaders and general public wellness officers accusing prosperous international locations of stockpiling doses and creating “a mockery of vaccine equity” by administering booster photographs. The discussion more than vaccine fairness, production and distribution came into sharp concentrate this 7 days when European and African leaders convened in Brussels.

    On Friday, the W.H.O. director basic, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, claimed that six African nations around the world ­— Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia — would be the to start with to get accessibility to the know-how wanted to develop mRNA vaccines.

    President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa mentioned he welcomed the dedication.

    “This is an initiative that will permit us to make our have vaccines and that, to us, is really significant,” Mr. Ramaphosa claimed in a assertion. “It implies mutual respect, mutual recognition of what we can all provide to the celebration, financial investment in our economies, infrastructure expenditure and, in numerous methods, giving again to the continent.”