Mana Academy offers vaccination clinic for Pacific Islander community
With Utahâs coronavirus vaccination effort underway, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians are desperate to get access to it.
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah â With Utahâs coronavirus vaccination effort underway, Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians are desperate to get access to it.
âThe statistics show that we are as Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the state of Utah, we have the highest infection rate. We also have the second highest hospitalization rate,â said Anapesi Kaili.
Kaili is the director and principal at Mana Academy Charter School in West Valley City. According to statistics, 85% of her student are Pacific Islanders, and many live with an elderly family member at high risk of contracting the virus.
Letter: The Salt Lake County Health Department has redeemed itself
FILE - In this May 19, 2020, file photo, health investigator Mackenzie Bray adjusts her mask at the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City. (AP Phoo/Rick Bowmer, File)
By Ann E. Hollowell | The Public Forum
| Feb. 4, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
I am a 75 year old resident of Salt Lake County and this past week I received my first COVID-19 vaccination at the parking lot near the Maverik Center. I was full of gratitude to the Salt Lake County Health Department and their employees who were helping all of us who were lined up in our cars to get our vaccinations. All of them were polite, kind and helpful. I appreciated that they were willing to work out in the cold so we could be vaccinated. They even helped me set up my appointment for the second vaccination.
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Fourth Street Clinic begins mobile COVID-19 vaccinations for homeless population
Fourth Street Clinic is continuing its mission to provide COVID-19 vaccine doses for Salt Lake County s homeless population by bringing a mobile vaccine clinic to the county s three homeless resource centers this week.
Posted at 9:00 AM, Feb 01, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-01 11:00:47-05
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Letter: Aside from securing an appointment, the vaccination itself is a cinch
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Registered nurse Ashley Gardner from Redrock Pharmacy administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Sharon Voegele, 71, as seniors and staff at The Ridge Foothill, an assisted living center in Salt Lake City, receive the vaccine on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, as the rollout continues at long-term care facilities.
By Laurel Eisinger | The Public Forum
| Jan. 26, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
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