PIERRE — The focus for state health officials is moving toward watching the spread of Covid-19 variants and trying to push the vaccination level for South Dakota to its target of 70%. State Epidemiologist Dr. Josh Clayton says Covid variants are becoming the dominant virus…
South Dakota has seen a 15-percent drop in cases since last week. Clayton says while South Dakota is going a good job in getting residents vaccinated, reaching herd immunity will require more shots in arms…
State Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says vaccination may not stop Covid-19, but it will but the brakes on it…
Health officials did mark a vaccination milestone Wednesday. Now, 50-percent of eligible South Dakota residents have received a full series of Covid-19 vaccine which is over 304-thousand residents.