INSIGHT-Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms Reuters 1/29/2021
By Tina Bellon, Nick Brown and Lisa Baertlein
Jan 29 (Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work.
Guerra, the top elected official in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, got together with local school superintendent Susana Garza, who was helping him lead vaccination planning. They called hundreds of vaccine-eligible residents to schedule appointments, in stark contrast to big cities, where locals report struggling through maddening online registration processes.
Myrna Warrington, 72, receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination from nurse Stephanie Ciancio at Menominee Indian High School in Menominee county, Wisconsin, U.S., January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lauren Justice
(Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work.
Guerra, the top elected official in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, got together with local school superintendent Susana Garza, who was helping him lead vaccination planning. They called hundreds of vaccine-eligible residents to schedule appointments, in stark contrast to big cities, where locals report struggling through maddening online registration processes.
More than 300 people received their first COVID vaccine on the first day of the vaccination clinic. Author: Adaure Achumba Updated: 7:14 PM EST January 27, 2021
DAVIE COUNTY, N.C. Hundreds of teachers and other employees with Davie County Schools received their first COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. It was the first day of a district-wide vaccination exercise for employees and was designated a remote learning day.
The second day for the vaccination exercise is scheduled for Feb.19 which is also a remote learning day, DCSD officials said.
District officials said they would provide more information for parents regarding the remote learning day.
More than 300 hundred teachers and staff turned up for the vaccination exercise.
Davie County Health Department continues COVID-19 vaccinations Share Updated: 12:21 PM EST Dec 31, 2020 Share Updated: 12:21 PM EST Dec 31, 2020
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Show Transcript RECEIVE THE VACCINE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. THE DAVIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS BEGINNING TO VACCINATE MORE PEOPLE WITH THE MODERNA VACCINE. THEY OPENED UP A DRIVE THRU CLINIC TODAY FOR PEOPLE IN GROUPS 1-A AND 1-B, AS THEY SAY WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFINED BY NORTH CAROLINA DHHS. WXII’S JUSTIN SHRAIR IS IN DAVIE COUNTY WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO. JUSTIN: WHEN THIS DRIVE THRU OPENED, THE LINE WAS AROUND THE CORNER. TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE BEHIND ME HERE TONIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE VACCINATING PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO THE PREVIOUS GROUPS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND THEN WILL SHIFT TO THE NEW PLAN NEXT WEEK. HOW ARE YOU? ANY DRUG ALLERGIES? DROP YOUR ARM TO YOUR SIDE. JUSTIN: AND JUST LIKE THAT, PERSON AFTER PERSON WAS GIVEN THEIR FIRST DOSE OF MODER