Health care providers optimistic as COVID-19 vaccinations continue January 7th |
There are two ways the vaccines are being distributed throughout the region: by bringing the person to the vaccine; or, by taking the vaccine to the person. Around Iliamna Lake, it's the former. All the clinic workers in the area are flying to the Nilavena Clinic in Iliamna to receive the vaccine. Nilavena, which is the area's hub clinic, received 100 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine last week and started administering it to employees. "Everyone's doing well, everyone's very excited," said Dustin Parker, the manager for the Southcentral Foundation's Iliamna Lake region. "All of our employees in the Iliamna Lake region that serve these seven communities have all agreed, voluntarily, to receive the vaccine."