Staff Report
Jan. 26 COVID-19 update from the health department.
Older residents, workers in a variety of industries and all of the other groups identified in Phase 2 of Douglas County’s vaccination plan will be allocated some vaccines every week, the county’s health department announced Tuesday.
But the health department’s spokesman said that doesn’t necessarily mean each group will receive an equal number of doses, and some details of how the allocation will work aren’t yet clear.
In a news release Tuesday, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said that as doses became available in the county, they would be distributed “equitably” among the following groups: residents 65 and older; essential workers in local government; workers in the education sector; workers in the food service industry; people who live or work in congregate care settings; and anyone who was eligible to be vaccinated in Phase 1 but has not yet received a shot. A group of “workers critical to the functioning of the community” will also be included. Health department spokesman George Diepenbrock said that group included people such as transportation workers, DMV and postal workers, agricultural and food processing workers, and those who supply services or materials that are used as part of the pandemic response.