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State steps in with veteran center vaccinations By: Whitney Bryen Oklahoma Watch January 11, 2021
Pam Valdez, a nurse at a veterans center in Lawton, receives the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 9. (Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
LAWTON – COVID-19 vaccines are being administered at Oklahoma’s veteran centers because state health officials said the federal program responsible for vaccinating long-term care residents and staff is moving too slowly.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health on Friday took back 2,500 vaccines it had given to CVS for long-term care residents and brought them to veteran centers in Lawton, Claremore, Ardmore, Clinton, Norman and Sulphur. CVS and Walgreens are contracted by the federal government to vaccinate those most vulnerable to the virus.
COVID-19 vaccines are being administered at Oklahoma’s veteran centers this weekend because state health officials said the federal program responsible for