Month: April 2021

Earlier this month, Namibia's president Hage Geingob was invited to join the WHO's weekly press briefing to talk about World Health Day. The idea was for him to help explain to the hundreds of reporters from around the world what was happening with COVID immunization efforts in his southern African nation. In what has become all too common during the pandemic, the video connection was unstable. The Namibian president kept freezing on the screen. The audio would become muffled and incomprehensible, or the sound would drop out entirely. Then at times there would be bursts of clarity. "It is COVID apartheid!" Geingob shouted. "We already made our deposit!" He insisted. It became clear that the president was using his time not to speak to the press but to harangue WHO o...

A small number of people scheduled Tuesday to receive a second dose of the Moderna vaccine at Mariano's in Aurora were given the Pfizer vaccine instead. Jeff Chaney and his son were among the small group informed they got the wrong vaccine. Chaney said he doesn’t understand how it could happen. "I gave you my card and it said right on there, you know, first dose is Moderna, so how could you, you know, go ahead and, you know, give me the Pfizer?" Chaney said. Chaney said he and at least a half dozen other people had just received their shots and were sitting for the waiting period when the pharmacist told them about the mistake. NBC 5 spoke to another man, who wished to remain anonymous, who also received the wrong vaccine. A small number of pe...

Outdoor seating, limited capacities, closures and reopenings.These are the hurdles business owners have faced during the pandemic."We've had several describe it as whiplash," said Amanda Blackwood, CEO of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. "We're open, we're closed. We're good, we're not. This virus is something we did not know what to expect."At the start of the pandemic, the chamber set up a hotline to help business owners navigate the pandemic."Just to have a place people could call," Blackwood said.But the calls weren't just questions about loans and closures. Blackwood said after about a month, the calls became cries for help. The chamber partnered with mental health experts to train staff on how to help business owners in need."We did trauma and suicide prevention...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has launched a specialized program to treat COVID-19 long haulers, people who are still experiencing symptoms long after they contracted the virus.Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock said 10-30% of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms, and it has become a significant problem for many.Ken Varrato had a severe case of COVID-19 and was not expected to survive. He returned home, recovering, but is still battling symptoms. “I have what you call COVID fatigue, where your stamina is just not as good as it normally was,” Varrato said.He also experiences brain fog, another classic symptom of a COVID long hauler. Doctors said others may include shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, fatigue and body aches.“They are quite a diverse group of...

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