WBFO s Michael Mroziak reports.
Nursing homes and hospitals in Niagara County are already distributing the COVID vaccine through federal and state programs. The county itself will begin its own Point of Dispensing sites, or PODS, beginning next Tuesday. The drive-through operation will first serve healthcare personnel who have direct contact with patients.
Niagara County Public Health Director Daniel Stapleton
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“Doctors offices, staff providers from dental offices, EMS - Emergency Medical Services personnel, people who drive the ambulances, paramedics and so on. Firefighters, because of the emergency medical response that they usually are involved in and public health personnel who actually will be doing vaccinations,” said Niagara County Public Health Director Daniel Stapleton.