Hyder residents receive second doses of COVID-19 vaccine
The state’s COVID-19 vaccination effort continued in Alaska’s easternmost corner over the weekend.
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Ketchikan’s first-ever mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic offers ‘hope’ and ‘relief’ to residents
“Vaccination is a gift and a privilege we can give to ourselves and our entire community so that we can get back to doing a lot of the things that we’ve missed out this last year,” one vaccine recipient said.
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COVID-19 vaccinations in Ketchikan set to accelerate this month as tribal provider sends 1,500 doses
Ketchikan is projected to have enough vaccines to inoculate about half of the adult population by the end of the month. The Southeast Regional Health Consortium, better known as SEARHC, is sending 1,500 doses to Ketchikan to help get the job done.
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Residents of many Southeast Alaska communities asked to sign up for COVID-19 vaccine online
“We have a steady supply of vaccines coming in every week, and we’re running through them as fast as and safely as we can,” a SEARHC official said.
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Independent doctors and nurses in Ketchikan say state’s vaccine distribution plan left them out at first
“I think that the rollout is going to have all sorts of bumps in the road. And I think we’re all going to get vaccinated, and it’s going to get better, and it’s going to get smoother. And we have to hold our breath and be patient,” a retired Ketchikan physician said.
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Health care providers at Ketchikan’s hospital get their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
“A majority of the population trusts nurses and medical professionals — so if we’re out there getting the vaccine, I’m hoping that that will show the population, that it’s okay to get the vaccine, that it is safe,” a newly-vaccinated nurse said.
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