DESPITE VACCINE SHORTAGES THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE OF NEBRASKA PROVIDES HOPE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of those who need it has been a nationwide challenge. Governors of surrounding states, including Iowa, admit there is a shortage. The first community vaccination clinics planned for Woodbury County this month quickly filled up.
Even though supplies are limited, the Winnebago Tribe in northeast Nebraska found a way to provide broader protection, as Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer explains.
Winnebago Public Health Administrator Mona Zuffante
Credit Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
“We are a very small tight-knit community.”
Mona Zuffante is the public health administrator for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska where she says leaders take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously.