I feel better for getting it, Lewis said afterward.
Fairless Local and three other county school districts have partnered with the Stark County Health Department to host vaccine clinics this week. The other school districts are Northwest, East Canton and Marlington. The Pfizer vaccine is being administered.
The other upcoming clinics for this week will be:
Tuesday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Northwest High School field house, 8580 Erie Ave. NW, Canal Fulton.
Wednesday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the
East Canton High School gymnasium, 310 Browning Court, East Canton.
Thursday from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Marlington Middle School gymnasium, 10325 Moulin Ave. NE, Lexington Township.
The department is urging folks to keep existing second dose appointments made elsewhere.
To schedule an appointment with the health department, go to armorvax.com or download the ArmorVax app on iPhone or Android devices. You also can schedule by phone at 330-451-1681.
Vaccines are available for those 16 and older. Minors will need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian, who will have to sign a release form.
The department is offering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. If you ve received a Moderna vaccine, you can use the vaccine locator tool at Coronavirus.StarkCountyOhio.gov to find open appointments, or see the state s website at gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov.
The need is still there, she said.
Stark County is echoing a trend seen nationwide.
Meanwhile, Louisiana has stopped asking the federal government for its full allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. About three-quarters of Kansas counties have turned down new shipments of the vaccine at least once over the past month. And in Mississippi, officials asked the federal government to ship vials in smaller packages so they don’t go to waste.
“It is kind of stalling. Some people just don’t want it,” said Stacey Hileman, a nurse with the health department in rural Kansas’ Decatur County, where less than a third of the county’s 2,900 residents have received at least one vaccine dose.