MS will double COVID vaccine sites after distribution mess, Gov. Reeves vows Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 8 Gov. Tate Reeves acknowledged the slow vaccine rollout in Mississippi on Friday and said the state will speed up delivery as elderly residents clamor for shots.
Reeves wrote in a series of tweets Friday afternoon: When we have a problem in Mississippi, my goal is always the same: be honest about it. Try to fix it, not hide it. Keep you up to date.
The state is receiving $171.3 million in COVID-19 support from the federal government, with $26.8 million earmarked for shots now being offered to those 75 and older, with 65+ residents next in line.
COVID vaccine demand for 75+ MS residents outstrips supply but more sites, doses coming Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 6 Demand is outstripping supply now that the Mississippi State Department of Health has opened COVID-19 vaccinations to residents 75 and older, but State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs expects wider availability as clinics, pharmacies and community health centers sign up to offer the shots.
He also believes residents 65 and older will be able to begin receiving shots by the week beginning Jan. 18, although that Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Residents 65-74 can t begin booking appointments yet, he said.
In a news conference Wednesday, Dobbs also said that 189,000 doses of the vaccine have been allocated, with 132,000 of those doses going so far to hospitals, primarily for health care workers, and nursing homes.
Coastal Family Health Center and the Salvation Army continue to help in the fight against COVID and the seasonal flu. Today, South Mississippians lined up to get flu vaccines at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Biloxi. The shots were free of charge and just one of many services Coastal Family Health Center’s mobile medical […]