Phoenix nonprofit plans to vaccinate 500 homeless people in 5 days
More than four months after the first coronavirus vaccine hit American arms, a week-long drive to vaccinate the homeless against Covid-19 is underway in Phoenix.
With the goal of vaccinating 500 people in a five-day period that ended on Friday, it’s a project that builds on the work of Phoenix-area nonprofits to care for the homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.
Circle the City, a nonprofit that provides healthcare to the homeless, has teamed up with the Maricopa County Department of Health Services and the local nonprofit Human Services Campus to make the drive possible.
Multiple agencies come together to vaccinate the metro Phoenix homeless population
Starting on Monday morning at 8 a.m., free COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to the metro Phoenix homeless population.
and last updated 2021-04-11 21:05:07-04
PHOENIX â Starting on Monday morning at 8 a.m., free COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to the metro Phoenix homeless population.
âWe are doing all we can to keep this population safe and vaccinated,â says Marty Hames, spokesperson for Circle the City, a healthcare organization dedicated to the homeless population.
Hames says people like 61-year-old Toni Petersen who recently became homeless are the new reality of the economic effects of the virus.