BOSSIER CITY, La. -- By the end of Saturday, doctors hope to vaccinate another 4,000 people in the Shreveport-Bossier area. Long lines of cars are expected all day at the Brookshire's Grocery Arena in Bossier City. Thousands of doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available at the Brookshire's Grocery Arena, due to a partnership with LSU Health and Ochsner LSU Health. To help, they've called in hundreds of volunteers from the Louisiana Department of Health, Louisiana National Guard and medical students from area universities.
"This is our time to shine in northwest Louisiana," said Dr. John Vanchiere, a professor of pediatrics and infectious disease at LSU Health Shreveport. "At 9 o'clock [a.m.], maybe a few minutes early, we're gonna start vaccinating."