Articles Tagged: COVID-19 vaccine

Exception made for health-care facilities

The number of individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Linn County exceeds 100,000. Iowa on Friday reported 176 new virus cases and 10 deaths.

Masks requested at Cedar Rapids Public Library until June 21

5 more deaths, 284 more cases of COVID-19

Iowa added 86 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total number of individuals in the state who have tested positive for the virus to 369,411, according to Iowa Department of Public Health data. No new confirmed deaths were reported Monday.

U.S. Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks has visited vaccination sites in all 24 counties in the 2nd District, and she has stuck patients’ arms herself in most of the counties she represents.

“If you asked me if COVID-19 was a threat, I’d say no,” a bishop asserted.

Seven-day average for cases continues to decline, reflecting numbers seen last spring.

Nearly half of the people living in Linn and Johnson counties have been fully vaccinated.

Following FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds, the Cedar Rapids high schools are offering vaccine clinics to all students Friday.

University of Iowa Health Care on Thursday officially expanded its COVID-vaccination effort to the newly-approved tweens and early teens, administering first shots to the 12-15 age group at a clinic in its Iowa River Landing location.

State adds second long-term care facility to outbreak list

Iowa added 100 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the number of people in the state who have tested positive for …

Iowans who want them can get them. Is that enough?

Second long-term care facility added to state’s outbreak list