“I think no one expected COVID and no one knew the impact COVID would have on our healthcare providers,” Terri Morris, the talent pipeline program manager at Covenant, said.
The City of Lubbock Public Health Department will hold a COVID-19 booster clinic at the Maggie Trejo Supercenter, 3200 Amherst Street, on Thursday October 20, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The City of Lubbock Public Health Department continues to see an increase in local COVID-19 cases. Over the last week, COVID-19 cases have been identified in local daycares, among medical staff and in local nursing homes. In addition, the number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 is slowly increasing.
The United Family offers the second-round booster doses of the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, following the approval by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Salvation Army is turning away more single adults as it continues under COVID-19 restrictions. Under Salvation Army national guidelines, it has a capacity of 75%, and social distancing is enforced.
Due to a decrease in COVID-19 cases in our communities, Covenant Health will adjust the visitor policy in many of our ministries, effective Monday, March 14.
The City of Lubbock Public Health Department will offer walk-in COVID-19 vaccines every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
As of early January 2022, 40% of the children in the state’s permanent managing conservatorship (PMC) are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine but choose to remain unvaccinated, according to the Third Report oft he Monitors regarding COVID-19 vaccination status.
The State reported as of Wednesday, 86 lab-confirmed COVID-19 patients are currently hospitalized in Lubbock’s 22-county Trauma Service Area B. These patients are currently occupying 5.59% of total hospital capacity.
“You could drive thru, apply your saliva and before you leave, get your results in a shorter time than ordering a burger at McDonalds,” Researcher Gerri Botte said.
Friday, February 4, the Public Health Department and LRN Laboratory will hold normal hours of operation at the COVID-19 testing site at the Mini Hub located at 2721 50th Street. This testing site will operate from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The Plainview – Hale County Health Department will be hosting COVID-19 Testing Clinics on Thursday and Friday, January 27th and 28th, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at 121 W. 7th Street
Due to freezing temperatures in the area, the Public Health Department and LRN Laboratory will close the testing site as well as the vaccination clinic at the Mini Hub located at 2721 50th Street this Wednesday, January 26.
Due to freezing temperatures in the area, the Public Health Department and LRN Laboratory will hold modified hours at the the COVID-19 Mini Hub collection site located at 2721 50th Street this Friday, January 21.
Lubbock has hit an all-time record high COVID-19 case count for the third day in a row and the Lubbock Health Department says the reported number is likely lower than the actual number.
The Public Health Department and LRN Laboratory will initiate “Winter Hours” at the COVID-19 Mini Hub collection site at 2721 50th Street, beginning Monday, January 10th.
Governor Greg Abbott today received a briefing from state medical and emergency response experts on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic and the state’s ongoing response to the virus.
Gov. Abbott today sent a letter announcing his intention to sue the federal government over its unconstitutional vaccine mandate for the Texas National Guard.
Governor Greg Abbott has requested resources for federally-supported testing locations, medical personnel and additional federal allocations of monoclonal antibodies.
The Texas Tech University Bioterrorism Response Laboratory notified the City of Lubbock Public Health Department of lab results confirming the COVID-19 omicron variant.
City of Lubbock Director of Public Health Katherine Wells says the Omicron variant is nearly three times more infectious than the previous Delta variant of COVID-19, but has about half the hospitalization rate.
Texas Tech University is offering free COVID-19 nasal swab testing on campus. Appointments can be booked at Curative.com, but walkups are welcome. Testing is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily. Results are available within 24-48 hours.
Before getting the COVID-19 vaccine, South Plains Mall will be hosting their Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. in the Grand Court next to Santa’s winter home. South Plains Mall and partners, including Premiere Cinema, will be providing snacks, crafts, games, and prizes.
An all-female physician panel will answer questions about women and COVID, and other related issues, to address myths and misinformation surrounding the disease.
The federal vaccine mandate affects hospitals here in Lubbock, like University Medical Center. CEO Mark Funderburk says Lubbock’s health care workers have saved the city and this isn’t the way to treat them, but it’s the path he has to take.
United Supermarkets, in partnership with the City of Lubbock, will host a clinic for booster and initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, November 14 at the Mae Simmons Community Center from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The vaccine clinic for the first dose will be operating on Saturday, November 13, between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the South end near JCPenney, across from H&M. The second dose will be scheduled two weeks later, on Saturday, December 4th.
Covenant Children’s is partnering once again with the South Plains Mall to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to our community members by opening a vaccine clinic focused specifically on kids.
The CDC will deliver 1,010,700 doses of the vaccine to Texas vaccine providers and 349,200 doses will be delivered to pharmacies in the federal pharmacy program to vaccinate children between the ages of 5 and 11.
Beginning Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the Public Health Department will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to children at its mini-hub vaccination site located at 2801 50th Street, in Caprock Center.
In a letter to TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, federal officials said the investigation will focus on whether or not students with disabilities who are at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19 are prevented from safely returning to in-person education, which would violate federal law, wrote Suzanne B. Goldberg, the acting assistant secretary for civil rights.
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