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By News Director Jared Atha
Soon home bound Elk City residents who qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine will have the shots brought to them.
According to Elk City, City Manager Tom Ivester, personnel with the Elk City Fire Department and Elk City EMS are now qualified to take the vaccine into homes of those who may be unable to get themselves to a point of distribution clinic.
Ivester stresses that the vaccine is not mandatory for any citizen in Elk City.
Assistant Chief Medical Officer Kyle Chervenka says anyone wanting the vaccine but can’t leave their home, to call the city to set up an appointment.
Covid-19 vaccination distribution has begun in Elk City.
According to Elk City Fire Department Chief Medical Officer Kyle Chervenka the vaccine has arrived and is starting to be given to essential personnel, including Elk City first responders.
Chervenka says the city is following the state’s phased distribution plan, which says phase one will have the vaccine distributed to front-line health care workers, that include doctors, nurses, and health care providers. In fact, in a Facebook post it was announced that employees at Great Plains Regional Medical Center are in the process of receiving the first dose.
Also employees and residents of long-term care facilities and nursing homes are included in phase one. However, according to Campus Director Cathy Henderson at Baptist Village Communities in Elk City they do not have a date as to when the vaccine will be administered.