Two North Dakota jails refuse to offer COVID-19 shots to inmates
The sheriffs of Burleigh and Williams counties said their jails aren t offering vaccinations to those behind bars despite proposals from local public health agencies to provide shots. Meanwhile, jails in Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Minot and Dickinson have been offering and promoting the shot for months. 1:11 pm, May 26, 2021 ×
The Burleigh Morton County Detention Center in Bismarck is seen Monday, May 24, 2021. Michelle Griffith / The Forum
BISMARCK Inmates at two of North Dakota s biggest jails have no opportunity to get COVID-19 vaccinations after local law enforcement leaders opted not to make the jab available.
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health and Mandan-based Custer Health both announced Monday that they soon will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19.
Separately, state and local officials announced a program to provide free taxi rides to vaccine sites in the area, using federal coronavirus relief money.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents, and North Dakota s Health Department began recommending that adolescents from the age of 12 to 17 be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health will provide a Pfizer shot to people age 12 and older at its vaccination event from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center. Anyone under the age of 18 who would like to receive the vaccine must provide proof of parental consent. To register, go to https://www.ndvax.org/appointment/en/client/registration?clinic id=2602.Â
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health and Mandan-based Custer Health both announced Monday that they soon will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19.
Separately, state and local officials announced a program to provide free taxi rides to vaccine sites in the area, using federal coronavirus relief money.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents, and North Dakota s Health Department began recommending that adolescents from the age of 12 to 17 be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health will provide a Pfizer shot to people age 12 and older at its vaccination event from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Bismarck Event Center. Anyone under the age of 18 who would like to receive the vaccine must provide proof of parental consent. To register, go to https://www.ndvax.org/appointment/en/client/registration?clinic id=2602.Â