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Staff Writer ELKINS The Randolph County Health Department confirmed Monday that more than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered in Elkins this week. Bonnie Woodrum, the Randolph-Elkins Health Department’s infectious disease specialist, told the Inter-Mountain Monday that both first and second doses will be among those distributed at the Phil Gainer Community Center on Wednesday and Thursday. A total of 850 of those vaccine shots will be second doses, while 200 are first vaccinations. Appointments are already full for the vaccinations, she added. “We are doing second doses for people who were vaccinated on Jan. 13 and 14,” said Woodrum. “We have only a few doses of vaccine we’re being allotted this week and those appointment slots are already taken.” ....
Staff Writer ELKINS Officials were working Tuesday to resolve issues with the phone lines being used to make appointments for Thursday’s mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Phil Gainer Community Center. All of the phone lines at Davis Medical Center, which is scheduling the vaccination appointments for Thursday’s clinics went down early Tuesday morning and were still out of service late in the afternoon. DMC released the following statement at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday: “At this time we are experiencing technical difficulties with our phone lines. Once our phone line is fixed by Frontier we will begin accepting calls to book appointments. Please, do not call the hotline number until we have resolved the issue. Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience. We will make an announcement shortly once the lines are fixed.” ....
Staff Writer ELKINS The Randolph County Commission unanimously voted to approve the purchase of iPad tablets for the Randolph-Elkins Health Department Thursday. The iPads will be used for on-site documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations per the state and CDC requirements. “We were approached by the health department a few weeks ago requesting that we may be able to help them get some iPads with some of the Cares Act funding we’ve received,” Randolph County Commission President Mark Scott said during Thursday’s commission meeting. “When they do some of their vaccinations, they are sometimes now done off-site, so they need a way to be able log their input.” ....
Jan 22, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us, and the difficulty and danger of performing some jobs during the pandemic has given us a new appreciation of some local heroes. Those heroes who have exhibited bravery and determination in our area include healthcare workers, first responders and health department workers. County health departments have been tasked with documenting positive COVID-19 cases, contact tracing of people who have been exposed to the virus, and now also coordinating COVID-19 vaccinations within the county. On Thursday, the Randolph County Commission unanimously voted to approve the purchase of iPad tablets for the Randolph-Elkins County Health Department. ....
For The Inter-Mountain ELKINS A mass vaccination clinic will be offered to those 65 and older at the Phil Gainer Community Center Thursday, officials reported. Randolph and five other area counties will receive just 65 doses each this week and they will be available by appointment only. The vaccinations will be given at the Phil Gainer Community Center and appointments can be made by calling 304-637-3368. Once all the appointments are filled, a message will inform residents that all the week’s slots are full and that the phone line will be reopened for appointments once more vaccine becomes available. Residents from Barbour, Tucker, Upshur, Pendleton, and Webster counties are also eligible to be vaccinated at the clinic. Like Randolph, each of those counties has just 65 total vaccinations, however. ....