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Lawton Fire Department members receive COVID-19 vaccine
Lawton Fire Department members receive COVID vaccine By Cheyenne Cole | December 21, 2020 at 6:32 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 6:32 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Six members of the Lawton Fire Department received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday at the Comanche County Health Department.
Deputy Fire Chief Jared Williams said LFD personnel are not required to take the vaccine, but they’re encouraging as many as possible to get it.
“Lawton Fire Department being that dual role of an EMS provider, as well as firefighters, we’re able to with our national registry E-M-T certification be considered frontline E-M-S workers,” he said.
COVID - 19 virtual town hall held in Lawton Thursday
COVID - 19 virtual town hall held in Lawton Thursday By Will Hutchison | December 10, 2020 at 7:23 PM CST - Updated December 10 at 7:37 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Thursday, leaders in southwest Oklahoma held a virtual town hall to answer questions about COVID-19 and how itâs currently affecting our community.
The virtual town hall lasted roughly an hour and touched on a variety of important issues, including the arrival of the COVID - 19 vaccine.
âThankfully weâre looking at having a significant amount of vaccine so itâs not going to be a case of where only 10,000 people in the state get the vaccine and we have to wait 6 months for the next shipment. The shipments are going to come about every two weeks,â said Brandie Combs with the Comanche County Health Department.