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Muskogee Launches Program To Vaccinate Hundreds Every Week

Muskogee Launches Program To Vaccinate Hundreds Every Week The city of Muskogee is launching a program to vaccinate hundreds of people per week. City leaders said they are doing that by partnering with local pharmacies and health clinics, as well as setting up a weekly point of dispensing. At Ernie s Pharmacy in Muskogee, pharmacy owner, Niki Sykora, said it s a mad rush to vaccinate Oklahomans.  Ernie s pharmacy is actually very proud to be the first certified pharmacy in the state to get the vaccine. We are doing about 60 a day and we hope to do more, Sykora said.  Sykora said her pharmacy is one of dozens the city asked to distribute vaccine. To answer that call, she spent thousands of dollars to buy supplies and train staff. 

City forges partnerships to expand vaccination efforts

Mar. 6—City officials will open the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center as a vaccination site for the county's underserved and minority populations. The COVID-19 vaccination POD will open Thursday by appointment only. The point of dispensing site is the product of a partnership the city has with Muskogee County Health Department, Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, several local .

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Muskogee Launches Program To Vaccinate Hundreds Every Week

Muskogee Health Department's Newly Restored Facility Aids Vaccine Distribution

Muskogee Health Department’s Newly Restored Facility Aids Vaccine Distribution The Muskogee Health Department is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine distribution, with over 1,200 people getting their second doses. The department in Muskogee is in charge of vaccinating Oklahomans across at least eight counties and now, their building is newly restored. Kristen Carollo, spokesperson for District 7 of the State Health department said the improvements were in the works before COVID-19, but the facility now works perfectly for giving the vaccines.  It s actually a blessing to have this completed. This part of our building which is the west entrance it s actually been undergoing renovation during most of this time, and we haven t been able to use that, Carollo said.