Commissioners hear vaccines lagging

RITZVILLE – County Commissioners heard from Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny at their Jan. 13 meeting, who said the U.S. had seen the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the last seven days. Brzezny said the population’s behavior is “not changing notably,” and vaccinations were “lagging.”

“The population is under certain restrictions, but not following the rules and requests because of many reasons, including this been going on almost a year,” Brzezny said, adding the south end of the county continues to have the highest number of cases.

Regarding hospitalizations for COVID-19...