Senior: We ll get through this as vaccine comes to Wabasha County
About 100 seniors lined up Friday for round one of their COVID-19 shots via Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital. 7:04 am, Feb. 15, 2021 ×
Jan Wise, of Wabasha, holds up her sleeve to get her Covid-19 vaccination Friday, February 12, 2021, from Kim Wolter, R.N. from Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital, at the fire hall in Wabasha. Jan s husband Roger Wise waits for his turn in the background. (Ken Klotzbach / kklotzbach@postbulletin.com)
WABASHA It s the light at the end of the tunnel, said Jan Wise after she and her husband, Roger Wise, received their first shots Friday at a community COVID-19 vaccine clinic hosted by Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital and Clinics.
Wabasha County is delivering vaccine to elderly one 100-dose allotment at a time. 8:40 am, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
Sandy Allaire, of Wabasha, gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital in Wabasha last week. The hospital is starting to receive allotments of the vaccine for priority 1B patients. (Contributed photo/Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital and Clinics)
WABASHA One hundred COVID-19 shots will be coming to Wabasha this week.
At Gundersen St. Elizabeth s Hospital, the staff received 107 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week, with 350 seniors age 75 and older applying for a vaccination.
This week, the pool of individuals eligible for the vaccine will be opened up to seniors 65 and older, a much larger number of people who can apply.