December 30, 2020
Farmington Health Services tested all residents and staff for COVID-19 this week. Employee test results are still pending. We are following recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Results from this week’s testing are below.
- Trinity Care Center – 0 positive residents, 2 positive employees
- Trinity Terrace – 0 positive tenants, 0 positive employees
- Trinity Suites – 0 positive tenants, 0 positive employees
We are excited to announce Trinity care center is scheduled to receive the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and will host 3 clinics for vaccinating our residents and staff! Our first clinic is January 12th, February 9th and March 9th. The second dose of the vaccine will be administered 4 weeks after the first round. Protection from vaccine is not immediate; vaccine is a 2-dose series and will take 1 to 2 weeks following the second dose to be considered fully vaccinated. Vaccine efficacy is 94-95%. This data was assessed with two doses being administered. It is very important to get both doses to ensure good protection. Trinity Terrace and Trinity Suites vaccination dates will be sent out soon.
When someone receives the vaccine they may experience side effects up to three days after vaccination. These side effects include injection site pain, tenderness and swelling of the lymph nodes in the same arm as the injection, swelling (hardness), and redness. General side effects include fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, chills, nausea, and low grade fever.
Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is one of the best ways to protect yourself and everyone around you, particularly those who are at increased risk for severe illness. Wearing masks and social distancing help reduce your chance of being exposed to the virus or spreading it to others, but these measures are not enough. Getting the vaccination will not only protect you from being infected; it will help us reduce visitation restrictions in the future.
While the vaccine is a significant factor in our fight against the virus, it is just the beginning to reopening our care centers. We continue to use the county positivity rate to measure the spread of the virus in our local communities and follow the recommendations from MDH and CDC on reopening. Currently our county positivity rate will not allow us to open for indoor visits.
Please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Trinity Campus Administrator
Elizabeth Letich
651.460.1138