“It’s a race against the clock,” said Sharon Daley, medical director of the Maine Seacoast Mission, which is providing shots on seven islands off the Maine coast.
And though coronavirus vaccinations can present unique challenges, including adequate refrigeration, health care providers are fortunate to have an infrastructure in place through the systems they use to conduct childhood vaccinations for measles and other diseases, Nandy said.
In the rough and roadless terrain of southwestern Alaska, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. chartered planes and used snowmobiles this winter to deliver the vaccine to nearly four dozen villages spread out over an area the size of Oregon.
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Luis Alves Nogueira, 74, left, receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker, in the Pupuri community along the Purus River, in the Labrea municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Getting the vaccine to the world s farthest corners means delivering it by boat to Maine s islands, traveling by snowmobile to villages in Alaska and navigating complex waterways in Brazil s Amazon. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
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Print article PORTLAND, Maine After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations.
Boat, snowmobile, camel: Vaccine reaches world’s far corners
Boat, snowmobile, camel: Vaccine reaches world’s far corners
Across the globe, extra effort and ingenuity are required to ensure that the vaccine reaches remote locations.
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Luis Alves Nogueira, 74, receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in the Labrea municipality of Amazonas state, Brazil (Photo Credits: AP)
After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations.
As they came ashore on Little Cranberry Island, population 65, residents danced with excitement.
COVID-19: Vaccines reach world’s farthest corners
AP, PORTLAND, Maine
After enduring 40 kph winds and freezing sea spray, jostled healthcare providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.
As they came ashore on Little Cranberry Island, with a population of 65, residents danced with excitement.
“It’s a historic day for the island,” said Kaitlyn Miller, who joined a friend in singing the song I’m Not Giving Away My Shot from the Broadway show Hamilton when the crew arrived.
Health workers accompany villagers in a boat as they cross the Brahmaputra River to reach a COVID-19 vaccination center in Bahakajari, India, on March 23.
Luis Alves Nogueira, 74, left, receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker, in the Pupuri community along the Purus River, in the Labrea municipality, Amazonas state, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) After enduring 40-knot winds and freezing sea spray, jostled health care providers arrived wet and cold on two Maine islands in the North Atlantic late last month to conduct coronavirus vaccinations.
As they came ashore on Little Cranberry Island, population 65, residents danced with excitement.
“It’s a historic day for the island,” said Kaitlyn Miller, who joined a friend in belting out “I’m not giving away my shot!” from the Broadway show Hamilton when the crew arrived.