2nd vaccine shipment reaches Unalaska January 21st |
Unalaska has received its second shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine, and clinic staff have already started giving out shots.
The 300 doses from drug company Moderna touched down Jan. 13, on an ACE Cargo flight from Anchorage.
Clinic staff began giving shots last Thursday, local health officials said.
Unalaska s first 100 doses arrived in late December. They went to health care workers, emergency medical services and fire personnel, and high risk elders at the island s senior center. The neighboring communities of Atka and Nikolski got some, too.
But the first batch wasn t enough to finish Phase 1A of the vaccine rollout in Unalaska, said Melanee Tiura, chief executive at the island s Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic.
Unalaska has received its second shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine, and clinic staff have already started giving out shots. The 300 doses from drug company
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A little poke in the arm and you re done December 31st, 2020 |
The doses manufactured by drug company Moderna touched down around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22, on a Ravn Alaska flight from Anchorage; they were rushed immediately to the island s clinic, and within a few hours, the first Unalaskans had received their shots.
A group of frontline medical providers and emergency responders stood 6 feet apart in the after hours area of the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic. Some were waiting to be injected with the vaccine, while others were waiting to see if they had an allergic reaction before leaving the building.
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