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GALENA–Jo Davies County residents anticipating their second COVID-19 vaccination shot received a special email early this week. The email contained the link for the vaccination appointment …
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2/10/21
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GALENA–Sandra Schleicher, county public health administrator, has requested more doses of COVID vaccine from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). These doses will not be available …
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by Brandon Behlke
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2/9/21
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GALENA–As of Feb. 5, Jo Daviess County reported 1,555 cases of COVID-19 since last spring. There have been 17 new cases since Feb. 1. Approximately, 1,530 of those are recovered. There have …
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2/9/21
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GALENA–Requesting more doses, finding volunteers, establishing a call center, communicating more effectively with the public.
All of these topics were on the minds of Peg Dittmar and Tracy …
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by Brandon Behlke
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2/9/21
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GALENA–In what feels like a scene from a science fiction movie, Jo Daviess County residents anxiously sit, glued to a computer screen in hopes of being lucky enough to land a rare dose of …
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2/1/21
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GALENA–The vaccination landscape is changing rapidly for the Jo Daviess County Health Department as the vaccine rollout and allotment is updated and changed.
The department is asking for …
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by Brandon Behlke
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1/25/21
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GALENA–As of Sunday, Jan. 17, Jo Daviess County has reported 1,481 cases since the spring. There have been 50 new cases since Jan. 11. Approximately 1,400 of these cases have recovered. There …
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1/18/21
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GALENA–The Jo Daviess County Health Department has been focusing on communicating information about vaccinations to the public, but information has been slow filtering down from the state …
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by Brandon Behlke
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1/18/21
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GALENA–As of Monday, Jan. 11, Jo Daviess County reported 1,426 COVID cases since the spring. There have been 10 new cases since Jan. 8 and 41 new cases since Jan. 4. This is the most in a week …
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1/11/21
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GALENA–As of Monday, Jan. 4, Jo Daviess County reported 1,385 COVID cases since the spring of 2020. There were 7 new cases since Dec. 31, and 21 new cases since Dec. 28. This is the lowest …
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by Brandon Behlke
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1/4/21
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No sooner had Bill Bingham, Galena Emergency Medical Service District coordinator, received his COVID-19 vaccination, than he was telling colleagues that he could hardly wait for his second shot, …
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by P. Carter Newton
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1/4/21
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GALENA–As of Monday, Dec. 28, Jo Daviess County reported 1,362 COVID cases since the spring. There were 10 new cases since Dec. 23 and 34 new cases since Dec. 21. This is the lowest weekly …
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12/28/20
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