All other days: 12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
No appointment required
According to Jackson County, the local vaccination rate is below the state average of 56.6 percent, with 45.9 percent of Jackson County residents 16 and older having received at least one dose. Public health officials are working on a plan for submission to the Oregon Health Authority regarding how Jackson County plans to close the equity gap in vaccination efforts.
“Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is the best option we have to fight this pandemic, save lives, reduce hospitalizations from COVID-19, reopen our economy and get back to the people and things we love,” said Dr. Jim Shames, Jackson County Health Officer. “These vaccines are safe and effective. You may have some side effects, but these are normal signs that your body is building protection, and they will go away within a few days. Some people have no side effects.”
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. The Community Vaccination Center at the Expo, has been up and running for almost 3-weeks now. Health officials say in that time, they’ve been able to vaccinate just over 9,000 people.
It’s a joint effort between FEMA, the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, Jackson County Emergency Management, and others. Jackson County Public Health says the pace has remained steady with people coming to get vaccinated.
“We are still here and encouraging people, you don’t have to make an appointment, we don’t ask for ID or insurance and really the only information, you’re filling out is just the screening and consent form and it’s an easy location to pop into,” said Tanya Phillips with Jackson County Public Health.
May 7, 2021
The annual academic summer camp for high school students associated with Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math and Science program will begin on the Alva campus with move-in day on Sunday, May 30, from 4 to 6 p.m.
The students will live in university housing while on campus and will eat their meals in Coronado Café. All students go home every Thursday after lunch and return to campus every Monday.
This five-week camp will finish on July 1; however, all students will return July 12-16 for a cultural field trip.
Jaunita Dotson, Upward Bound director, said the program currently has enrolled students from Aline-Cleo, Alva, Burlington, Cherokee, Fairview, Ringwood, Timberlake and Waynoka and are able to accept additional students in the eighth through 11th grades from these schools. All students will receive hands-on learning experiences in a variety of morning classes that run Monday through Thursday.
FEMA and Jackson County Public Health provide updates on the CVC Clinic
The CVC is the first of its kind in Oregon and it focuses on reaching hard-to-reach and under-served populations.
Posted: May 7, 2021 2:11 PM
Updated: May 7, 2021 5:06 PM
Posted By: Adam Schumes
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. - FEMA has made its way to the Jackson County Expo to support the county in vaccination efforts.
The CVC is the first of its kind in Oregon and it focuses on reaching hard-to-reach and under-served populations. It also provides some much-needed relief to our local health workers.
“It s been great. It s, it s nice here to have this opportunity here for Jackson County residents, and then even, you know, other people within Josephine County or, or Klamath, to be able to have multiple options, whether you want Moderna, if you want to do a drive through or walk through. So, it s, it s been pretty amazing just to have the opportunity here,” Tanya Phillips, Health Promotion Manager with Jackson
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