Vaccine outreach continues in Klamath County with drive-through clinic, online scheduling
In addition to ongoing vaccination clinics at Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Health Partnership and Klamath Tribal Health are encouraging people to schedule appointments online.
Posted: Apr 28, 2021 4:19 PM
Updated: Apr 28, 2021 4:20 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. With coronavirus cases rising again in Oregon, organizations in Klamath County are working to encourage vaccinations for the virus and make the process as effortless as possible.
Klamath Health Partnership plans to host a free drive-through COVID-19 vaccine clinic beginning at 9 a.m. on May 4 at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. The event is by appointment only and scheduling can be done online.
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.
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – The first COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Klamath County this week.
According to public health officials, the Oregon Health Authority is providing the first round of vaccines to Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services and Sky Lakes Medical Center.
The 800 doses will reportedly go directly to emergency medical workers and other frontline health workers in the county.
So far, nearly 25,000 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon, according to OHA.
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