COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Rock Island Resident

COVID-19 Variant Confirmed in Rock Island Resident

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Thursday, February 11, 2021, the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant B.1.351, which was first identified in South Africa.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed...
Pfizer Vaccine Comes to Fulton

Pfizer Vaccine Comes to Fulton

Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and took the photo. The Whiteside County Health Department offered the Pfizer COVID-19 injection on Wednesday, February 9, 2021, to willing employees of the manufacturing industries located in the Fulton, IL,...

MCH Seeks Patients to Receive Vaccinations

Morrison Community Hospital patients have been contacted to be vaccinated against the novel corona virus.  Check the hospital website (www.morrisoncommunityhospital.com) of Facebook.com/morrisoncommunityhospital.  If you were not contacted, and if you...

January 29 County COVID-19 Report

On Friday, January 29, 2021, Whiteside County Health Department was saddened to announce one death of someone in their 70s.  There were 20 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19:  4 (under 20); 3 (20s); 1 (30s); 2 (40s); 3 (50s); 5 (60s); 1 (70s); 1...

CGH Patients May Get on COVID-19 Waitlist

CGH Medical Center is beginning a waitlist for its patients 65 years of age and older who want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  “Registering for our waitlist does not mean you have an immediate appointment, as vaccine supply is limited everywhere.  It...