MISSION â Events were canceled and vaccine clinics were scheduled this week after a sharp uptick in COVID-19 cases was reported among school children on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Hours after the CTUIR reported on Wednesday, May 12, that 14 people had tested positive for COVID-19 on the reservation over the past two weeks, with 12 cases coming from kids, tribal health officials announced that youths 12 to 18 could be vaccinated at Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center on Saturday, May 15.
The clinic was announced after the federal government authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among children ages 12 to 15 earlier on May 12.