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A pharmacy in Grosse Tete and a clinic in Plaquemine will be added to the growing list of COVID-19 vaccine providers across the state, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
Doc Your Dose Pharmacy, 17275 La. 77, is the latest addition to the vaccine locations across Iberville Parish, along with Reddy Family Medical Clinic, 58725 Belleview Rd., in Plaquemine. Other sites include Goudeau’s Pharmacy, 57930 LaBauve Ave., in Plaquemine, St. Gabriel Health Clinic, 5760 Monticello St., and Walgreens Pharmacy, 24555 La. 1, in Plaqjemine.
Last week, 406 vaccine providers across the state received very limited doses of COVID vaccine.
These providers – including 143 chain pharmacies, 118 independent pharmacies, 55 hospitals, 28 community health centers (including 23 federally qualified health centers, or FQHCs), seven rural health clinics (RHCs) and an additional 55 healthcare sites represent all nine public health regions and 64 parishes of the state.
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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
The News-Star (Monroe) 2/4/2021 Greg Hilburn, Monroe News-Star
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is expanding the pool of people eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine to include those ages 65 to 69 beginning Monday, he announced Thursday during a press conference.
The new group includes about 250,000 Louisianans and pushes the number of those eligible for the vaccine in the state above 1 million. We know people 65 and older are more likely to die than those who are younger, Edwards said.
Edwards expansion will also include people in the governor s Unified Command Group, including himself, some elections officials and some local COVID responders in most parishes, a total of about 25,000 people.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is expanding the pool of people eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine to include those ages 65 to 69 beginning Monday, he announced Thursday during a press conference.
The new group includes about 250,000 Louisianans and pushes the number of those eligible for the vaccine in the state above 1 million. We know people 65 and older are more likely to die than those who are younger, Edwards said.
Edwards expansion will also include people in the governor s Unified Command Group, including himself, some elections officials and some local COVID responders in most parishes, a total of about 25,000 people. We re concerned about a fourth surge that could be driven by new variants (especially U.K. variant already in Louisiana), so it s important to get as many people vaccinated as we can, Edwards said. I will be receiving my first dose sometime next week. I m very excited.
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) say 406 vaccine providers across the state will receive “very limited doses” of the COVID-19 vaccine.