HUNTINGTON â More than 500 people received a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic Saturday at the Valley Park Conference Center in Hurricane, West Virginia.
The Putnam County Health Department hosted the clinic, which was for people ages 65 and over and was at capacity. Three hundred initial doses and 250 second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were scheduled to be administered to Putnam County residents.
Both versions of the COVID-19 vaccine currently available, from Moderna and Pfizer, are administered in two doses.
âPutnam County Health Department is pleased that 250 of our countyâs most vulnerable residents will be completing their vaccination cycle on Saturday,â Lolita Kirk, the health departmentâs executive director, said in a news release. âWe are also very happy to again be in a position to host vaccination clinics right here in Putnam County. We know that community members are appreciative, particularly our seniors, for the opportunity t
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