Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services employees received the Tribes’ first COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday morning, marking the beginning of the end of a pandemic that hit their small rural community particularly hard.
Nurse Supervisor and Employee Health Nurse Misty Wadzeck and Certified Medical Assistant Brandy Renee Rogers administered 10 shots to nurses, providers and other medical staff at KTHFS. The excitement in the room was palpable as people sat down in pairs to receive the first of two doses that would make them immune to COVID-19.
The Klamath Tribes received a shipment of 200 Moderna vaccine doses on Tuesday, 10 of which were distributed on Wednesday. KTHFS medical staff will receive 10 more doses next week, when Wadzeck expects another shipment of at least 200 doses to arrive. Over the Christmas holiday, she said staff will work to determine which high-risk tribal members will receive the rest of those doses.