Health official on need for COVID vaccinations

While the news on COVID-19 in Hill County is mostly good, Northern Montana Health Care Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Kevin Harada said residents must continue to fight the pandemic by getting vaccinated as soon as possible.

Cases and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have plummeted in the county and the surrounding area and the state is opening the vaccine to everyone 16 and older on Thursday, and while that is good news, Harada said, it is imperative that efforts to prevent further spread of the virus continue if the pandemic is to end quickly.

"It's important for us to, for lack of a better term...