Posts Tagged ‘Delaware Public Health’
Del. Child Care Providers To Be Vaccinated This Weekend
Coronavirus vaccinations will be available this weekend to about 2,500 child care providers in Delaware. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Delaware Public Health, the CDC and other agencies are offering the invitation-only clinic for child care providers. According to the Delaware Department of Education, about 700 providers and more than 4,000 K-through-12 school personnel have…
Read MoreAppointments Available Fri. For 2nd Vaccine Doses
More appointments are available Friday at a State of Delaware / Federal Emergency Management Agency vaccination event at Dover International Speedway for people who have already received the first dose of the vaccine. People who received the first shot 28 or more days ago from a pharmacy, medical provider or other source in Delaware and…
Read MoreMore Slots Available For 2nd Vaccine Dose
The State of Delaware and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will start scheduling appointments Tuesday for people who received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine 35 or more days ago to get a second shot this Thursday or Friday at Dover International Speedway. According to the Division of Public Health, this option is available for…
Read More2nd-Dose Mass Vaccination Clinics Begin; A Look At Del. Numbers
UPDATE : Appointments Go Quickly For 2nd Vaccine Doses
UPDATE: Approximately 3,800 available appointments for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were booked in about three hours Thursday after registration opened, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health. People who were not able to get an appointment through Curative next week as well as Delawareans who were vaccinated at the January 22nd-24th clinics…
Read MoreDel. Tinkers With Plans For 2nd COVID Vaccine Dose
Delaware Public Health is revising the state’s vaccination plans regarding the second dose. The CDC has announced that a second shot could be scheduled 42 days after the first dose, if it’s not possible to meet Pfizer’s recommendation of 21 days or Moderna’s guideline of 28 days. Because of the limited supply, DPH is recommending…
Read MoreDel. Expands COVID Vaccine Program; Teachers, School Staff Can Register
Delaware is planning more COVID-19 vaccination events and options this week, including another large event this weekend to protect at least 2,000 senior citizens who are on the waiting list. Vaccinations remain by appointment only, and are restricted to people in Phase One-B, which includes those age 65 and older.Seniors can still schedule an appointment…
Read MorePace Improves On 2nd Day Of Weekend Vaccination Clinics
More than 11,100 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19 at weekend clinics held in Georgetown and Delaware City DMV locations. The pace picked up Sunday after Saturday’s events, which resulted in many people with appointments sitting in their cars for hours. Delaware Public Health said people were showing up without appointments, and many who had…
Read MoreThousands Of Del. Senior Citizens To Be Vaccinated For COVID-19 This Weekend
11,500 Delaware senior citizens have appointments to get the coronavirus vaccine this weekend. Delaware Public Health received tens of thousands of requests for appointments since opening registration Wednesday for Phase One-B, which makes the vaccine available for people who are 65 or older. The clinics Friday through Sunday are by appointment only and are being…
Read MoreDel. Expands COVID Testing In Group Home Settings
Some Get Vaccine Ahead Of Schedule – How?
Delaware’s vaccine ‘sprint’ to protect people in what’s known as Phase One-A drew large crowds to the DMV in Dover over the weekend. Delaware Public Health, Bayhealth, the Delaware Medical Reserve Corps and Kent County EMS had the capacity to vaccinate up to 1,500 people each day. Did some ‘jump the line’ and get vaccinated…
Read MoreDel. Reports 1st Known Flu-Related Death Of Current Season
Delaware’s first confirmed influenza-related death of the current flu season has been reported by state health officials – a 56–year-old Kent County man. Delaware Public Health said Wednesday that the man was infected with influenza B, and had underlying health conditions. “This tragedy reminds us that while we are diligently fighting COVID-19, we cannot forget…
Read MoreDel. Plans For Next Phase Of COVID Vaccination Program
Delaware Public Health has finalized a recommended plan for the next phase of its COVID-19 vaccination program. Phase 1-B, as it will be known, will seek to vaccinate people age 65 and older as well as frontline essential workers. Such workers could include first responders, educators and school staff, and people who work in food,…
Read MoreDel. Introduces Vaccine Hotline
Delaware is opening a vaccine call center hotline where questions about the COVID-19 vaccine can be addressed. The vaccine call center number will be 302-672-6150. It will be staffed weekdays and Saturdays. Questions can also be e-mailed to vaccine@delaware.gov. The state this week received 8,875 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, directing them to healthcare…
Read MoreDel. Begins Vaccinating Long-Term Care Staff For COVID-19
Delaware has become one of the first states to start vaccinating long-term care staff for COVID-19. According to the Delaware Division of Public Health, Genesis Healthcare received some of the 7,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that arrived Wednesday to start protecting staff at their facilities in Milford, Seaford and Dover. “We are all relieved…
Read More7,800 More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive In Del.
VIDEO : Bayhealth Nurse Receives Delaware’s 1st COVID Vaccine
Elisabeth Cote, a progressive care nurse with Bayhealth, will go down in history as the first Delawarean to receive the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Cote received the vaccine Tuesday morning at the Bayhealth Kent campus in Dover, about 24 hours after the first shipment of the vaccine arrived in Delaware. Under the state’s vaccination program,…
Read MoreDel. Obtains Vaccine Cold-Storage Unit
Delaware has acquired an ultra-cold storage unit for keeping of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine must be kept at minus-94 F or minus-70 C to be effective. The cold-storage unit is being kept at the Delaware Public Health warehouse. The state could receive initial doses of the vaccine as early as next week. Phase…
Read MoreCOVID Testing Available Across Delmarva
Pop-up testing for coronavirus is available today (Monday) at several locations. Delaware Public Health has scheduled testing events at Epworth United Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth and at Delaware Tech in Georgetown. Both locations are scheduled to be open between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Appointments for a test can be made…
Read MoreDel. Public Health Reports Data Breach
Delaware Public Health officials Sunday said it is sending letters to people who were impacted by a recent data breach involving COVID-19 test results. DPH said the Department of Health and Social Services discovered September 16th that a temporary staff member mistakenly sent two unencrypted e-mails in August to an unauthorized user. The e-mails contained…
Read MoreInfluenza Has Arrived In Delaware
Delaware’s first known case of influenza for the current season is also the first pediatric case of the season. Public Health officials said Thursday that labs have confirmed that a child under age five from Kent County has been diagnosed with the flu. The state has been encouraging all Delawareans to get the flu vaccine,…
Read MorePop-Up COVID-19 Testing Events Scheduled Through Saturday
Del. Averages 127 Positive COVID Test Results Daily In Past Week
The seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in Delaware is 127.7, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health.Nearly 22,800 positive cases have been reported since March, including more than 11,800 who are considered recovered from COVID-19.Over the past week, the seven-day positivity average has dropped from 6.6-percent to 5.5-percent.104 people are currently hospitalized due…
Read MoreRehoboth Beach Encourages A Safe, Healthy Halloween
Rehoboth Beach is encouraging citizens and visitors to enjoy a safe Halloween.In the year of the pandemic, that means that door-to-door trick-or-treating is discouraged under guidance from Delaware Public Health and the CDC – at least not without some modification.Those who want to give out treats are encouraged to find a way to do it…
Read MoreDel. Cancer Mortality Rates Head Downward
Delaware’s cancer mortality rates have gone down over a five-year period ending in 2016. Delaware Public Health data indicates there have also been improvements in cancer death rates among African-American males and females as well as Hispanic females. Overall cancer mortality declined ten percent between 2002-2006 and 2012-2016. The report, Cancer Incidence and Mortality in…
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