COVID-19 update March 9

BURWELL - Loup Basin Public Health Department is excited to announce two additional vaccine providers who will be joining the districts efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccinations. The two additional providers are both located in Broken Bow – Central Nebraska Medical Clinic and Melham Medical Center.

In addition to the two new providers, vaccine is distributed through federal and state allocations to the following in LBPHD’s district: Loup Basin Public Health Department, Howard County Medical Center, Good Life Pharmacy, Anderson’s Pharmacy, Loup City Rx Shoppe, Callaway District Hospital, Frontier Family Pharmacy, and Spalding Pharmacy.

LBPHD and its partners are vaccinating Phase 1B priority groups. Phase 1B includes those 65 years old and older, first responders, utility workers, homeless shelter staff, corrections staff, educators including support staff at schools, daycare providers, funeral home staff, grocery, meat packing plants, Co-ops, transportation, US Postal Service personnel, and public transit.

Last week, Governor Ricketts and Nebraska Department of Human Services announced when the state moves into Phase 2A, up to 10 percent of the weekly vaccine allocations will be allotted to Nebraskans with high-risk medical conditions medical conditions.

The decisions on who receives those doses will be made by the medical community. The other 90 percent of vaccines allocations in Phase 2A will go to Nebraskans ages 50-64.

Count Update March 9, 2021: 22 cases to report since March 2. The new cases are in the following counties: Custer (9), Howard (6), Valley (3), Greeley (2), Garfield (1), Blaine (1).