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First doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 will be administered at clinics this Friday and next Tuesday at Summit County Fairgrounds.
Summit County County Public has announced new vaccination dates at the Summit County Fairgrounds located at 1050 North Ave. in Tallmadge.
The department will be administering first doses of the Moderna vaccine to anyone age 18 or older by appointment on Friday, April 23
and Tuesday, April 27 from 1 p.m to 6 p.m.
Second doses will be administered at the same time as the first dose on May 24 for those vaccinated April 23 and on May 25 for those vaccinated April 27. There is no flexibility with those dates, so SCPH recommends if someone is not able to receive the second dose at the appointed time, they should not sign up to receive their first shot at the fairgrounds.
The pace of vaccinations in the United States may be slowing down as vaccine hesitancy takes hold.
About 1.8 million vaccination jabs were reported Tuesday, the lowest one-day number in two weeks. Some of the decline could be attributed to availability, dinged by a pause in Johnson & Johnson doses. But demand has softened at some vaccinations sites, even as vaccine availability has been opened up to every U.S. adult. About 1 in 4 Americans say they might decline vaccination.
Public health officials and other advocates are countering with new ways to get arms under needles. DC Marijuana Justice promoted a Joints for Jabs program. Krispy Kreme offered doughnuts, Budweiser offered beers.
Chastity Laskey, USA TODAY NETWORK
St. Clair County has administered more than 80,661 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as of April 19, according to data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
That s up 11% from the previous week s tally of 72,766 COVID-19 doses administered.
In St. Clair County, 18% of people living in St. Clair County are fully vaccinated as of April 19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers someone fully vaccinated two weeks after they ve been given a single-dose shot (Johnson & Johnson) or a second shot (either Pfizer or Moderna).
Michigan reported 882,871 total cases of coronavirus, an increase of 6% from the week before.
Summit County COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday canceled due to decreased demand Cars lined up at the start of the mass vaccination clinic at the Summit County Fairgrounds (Source: Vic Gideon) By Stephanie Czekalinski | April 21, 2021 at 4:43 PM EDT - Updated April 21 at 4:43 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Summit County Public Health is canceling its vaccination clinic at the Summit County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, April 27 from 1 to 6 p.m., according to a media release from the organization.
The cancellation is due to decreased demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, the release said.
Those people who have appointments that day will be contacted to reschedule for another clinic being held at the Summit County Public Health officers at 1867 W. Market St. in Akron.