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NGH vaccinating staff, first responders
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Nocona General Hospital received its first 100-dose allocation of the COVID-19 vaccine and is giving it to staff and first responders.
It will receive an additional 100 doses in the next allocation. Dr. Chance Dingler, county health authority, said he spoke with the regional state epidemiologist Monday and there is no specific county entity set up to provide vaccines.
“Individual entities can petition to give vaccines like Bowie Pharmacy, CVS, Bowie Fire, etc. Bowie School District can vaccinate their own as long as they are signed up with the correct people. NGH will not have the staff to be the ‘vaccinator’ for the county so other entities will need to step forward and help. NGH will clearly help where we can but will need help from other organizations. This is the most efficient way to get our county covered,” said Dingler.
DSHS release Monday
The Texas Department of State Health Services has instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ship first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more than 949 providers in 158 Texas counties during the next week. The CDC will deliver 167,300 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Moderna and 37,050 doses of the Pfizer vaccine directly to Texas providers.
Nocona General Hospital learned it will receive an additional 100 doses in the fourth week allocation, however, officials are still waiting for the initial 100 doses from the week three allocation to arrive.
An additional 121,875 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will go to the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. Vaccinations under the program started in Texas last week and, according to the CDC, will serve staff and residents at 770 long-term-care facilities in the next week.
The CDC also will deliver 224,250 second doses to the providers who received vaccine the week of Dec. 14 to complete the series for the people that were vaccinated in the first week of vaccine distribution.
Texas has been allocated about 1.5 million first doses through the first four weeks of vaccine distribution, and vaccine will have reached providers in a total of 214 counties by the end of the week. DSHS has posted a vaccine provider location map that will be updated frequently.
A list of providers that will be receiving vaccine this week is available at www.dshs.texas.gov/news/updates/COVIDVaccineAllocation-Week4.pdf.
DSHS encourages providers to rapidly vaccinate priority populations against COVID-19 and promptly report doses administered in ImmTrac2, the state’s immunization registry. While the supply of vaccine is still limited, additional allocations of vaccine will be received each week.
Department of State Health Service COVID 19 statistics as of Jan. 5
1,295 confirmed cases in Montague County, 231 probable
91 new cases added Tuesday the highest increase during the pandemic
126 active cases, 1,386 recovered
40 fatalities.
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City staff examines new generators for water plant
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City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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Council takes no action on litigation issue
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No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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