Oklahoma City s mask mandate is no longer in effect. It expired at midnight; however, businesses can still require use of masks on their own property, so don t ditch your mask just yet.City officials said businesses can still legally require masks on their property and you can be cited for trespassing if you refuse to wear one. I think it s the right time,” said Dr. Stephen Prescott, President of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Let’s be sensible, let’s use our common sense and gradually get back to normal kind of behavior. The mask mandate was in place for nine months in Oklahoma City. With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations low, the city mandate is ending.Mayor David Holt and Dr. Patrick McGough, with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department, will speak at a news conference at 9:30 a.m. to give an update on the city’s COVID-19 response and vaccination efforts. The City of Tulsa is also letting its mask mandate expire this weekend. Tulsa had a separate requ
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The Oklahoma City-County Health Department and several other partners hosted a major vaccination POD on Wednesday at the state fairgrounds.
The POD had the ability to accept 10,000 appointments, but heading into the day, there were only 4,800 appointments scheduled.
OCCHD officials said they have seen a lag in people signing up to get the vaccine recently due to numerous reasons like hesitancy.
“I think it is like anything else,” said Dr. Patrick McGough, the executive director of the OCCHD. “When it is novel and new, everyone feels like I have to run out and get it, but now that it is available, I think they are feeling less of an urgency. But time is of the essence.”
Thousands gather at Oklahoma State Fairgrounds to get COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 6:00 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 Share Updated: 6:00 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript UNTIL 6 PM TONIGHT. ANYONE EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT CAN OUT HERE TO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND GET EITHER THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON THE MINDANA OR THE PFIZER VACCINE AND I’M TOLD THEY GIVING OUT MORE THAN 4,000 DOSES TODAY. THOUSANDS OF OKLAHOMA’S SHOWING UP TO THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS TODAY TO GET THEIR COVID-19 SHOT. IT REMINDS ME OF STANDING IN. WITH MY FATHER IN THE EARLY 1960S TO CHEW UP A SUGAR CUBE. AT THE TIME TO CRUSH POLIO AND NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CRUSH COVID-19 THE OKLAHOMA CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HOSTING ANOTHER MEGA VACCINE POD EVENT MAYOR DAVID HOLT AMONG THOSE IN LINE TODAY GETTING HIS SECOND VACCINE SHOT. WE ARE WITNESSING HERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TODAY RECEIVING A VACCINATION. THAT WAS CREATED IN RECORD TIME THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE