Medical Director Debra Cyphert said that Bethel Family Clinic’s 150 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are currently stored in an ultra-cold freezer at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation. She said that the clinic’s doses of the vaccine are available to first responders and anyone 65 or older. At YKHC, COVID-19 vaccines are now available to anyone in the general population 16 years or older.
Bethel Family Clinic also began offering PCR tests for detecting COVID-19 with a 24 to 48 hour turnaround time a couple of weeks ago. Cyphert said that Bethel Family Clinic is sending out PCR test samples on the first available Alaska Airlines flight to BeechTree Labs, a private commercial lab in Anchorage.