Covid-19 vaccination distribution has begun in Elk City.
According to Elk City Fire Department Chief Medical Officer Kyle Chervenka the vaccine has arrived and is starting to be given to essential personnel, including Elk City first responders.
Chervenka says the city is following the state’s phased distribution plan, which says phase one will have the vaccine distributed to front-line health care workers, that include doctors, nurses, and health care providers. In fact, in a Facebook post it was announced that employees at Great Plains Regional Medical Center are in the process of receiving the first dose.
Also employees and residents of long-term care facilities and nursing homes are included in phase one. However, according to Campus Director Cathy Henderson at Baptist Village Communities in Elk City they do not have a date as to when the vaccine will be administered.