The Pfizer BioNTech vaccine can be administered to anyone 16 and older. Author: Joey Prechtl Updated: 10:38 PM MDT April 5, 2021
BOISE, Idaho All Idahoans 16 and over are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. With teens now included in the rollout, some Boise high schools could be home to vaccine clinics.
The Boise School District (BSD) is asking parents and students for input on this idea.
“We re really trying to remove barriers for those students and families who want to receive the vaccination that we make it as easy for them as possible,” BSD spokesperson Dan Hollar said.
BSD sent out a two-question survey to eligible students and their families.
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At the time, Idaho s care centers were averaging 321 new cases and about 22 fatalities each week. In early March, the two-week average of new cases in care facilities had fallen to about 70, and in the two-week period ending March 26, the average is near 40.
“We should be reading into this that this is additional evidence of how effective these vaccines are,” said Idaho Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. David Pate. He appears weekly on
The CDC reports around 78% of care facility residents nationally got their first jabs in December and January.
Idaho Health and Welfare says tracking how many care center residents here are vaccinated is hard because of patchwork distribution between state and federal vaccine sources.
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State emergency leaders and the Georgia National Guard are setting up new mass vaccination sites in anticipation of the state stepping up Georgia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
The expanded list of people who can get the shot in Georgia goes into effect on Monday, March 15.
Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne was the only Atlanta reporter to get early access to one of the new sites.
The five sites set to open Monday will join four others led by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, or GEMA, with help from the Georgia National Guard and others that have been operating for weeks across the state.