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A syringe is filled from a Moderna COVID-19 vial on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, during a vaccination clinic at Winona Park & Rec East Recreation Center in Winona. A walk-in vaccination clinic will be held Saturday in Winona at the Parkview Office Building, 825 Mankato Ave. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
WINONA Winona Health will hold a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic from 7-10 a.m. Saturday at the Parkview Office Building, 825 Mankato Ave., adjacent to the hospital. The clinic will remain open until 10 a.m. unless vaccine supply runs out first.
By TJ
Photo: Winona Health
WINONA, Minn. (KWNO)-Winona Health will hold a weekend walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday from 7-10 a.m.
This in addition to the appointment-only clinic scheduled for Thursday morning. Both clinics will be in Parkview Office Building on Winona Health’s Mankato Ave. campus.
During an interview on KWNO’s In the Know Monday, Winona Health President/CEO Rachelle Schultz said they would host a weekend clinic if they could not fill all of their appointments scheduled for Thursday morning.
Staff will administer the Pfizer vaccine, meaning the clinics are open to all residents ages 16 and older.
Progress on COVID vaccines, reopening (3/17/2021)
Local coronavirus vaccination drives continued their strong pace this past week, COVID-safety restrictions on businesses in Minnesota and nursing homes across the country were loosened, and Wisconsin announced plans to immunize the medically vulnerable.
Scores of Winonans waited in a line that wrapped around Winona Health’s Parkview Office Building last Thursday for a walk-in COVID vaccination clinic that distributed 400 doses in a single day before running out. Winona County and partners delivered a steady stream of shots, as did local pharmacies. Altogether 3,919 Winona County residents received a shot last week, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), which is roughly on par with last week’s record-setting number. As of Sunday, 29 percent of the county’s population had received at least one dose and 12.6 percent had received a complete vaccine series.
(3/17/2021)
On March 11, 2021 one year ago to the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic a long line of community members were wrapped around the north side of our campus, eager to receive their COVID-19 vaccine.
Three months after vaccinating our first health care provider at Winona Health on December 18, 2020 we’ve been vaccinating priority groups as supply became available, and we’re now to the phase where vaccine supplies seem to be flowing more steadily.
In the state and locally we have hit a pretty good threshold of vaccination for the over-65 population – and on March 9, the governor and the Minnesota Department of Health expanded the criteria so that anyone under 65 with underlying health conditions could now get the vaccine.
(3/17/2021)
The number of requests for a scheduled appointment for the Wednesday, March 17, COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Winona Health far exceeded the number of doses available, which means that there
will not be a walk-in vaccination clinic at Winona Health on Friday, March 19, as previously planned.
Those who are scheduled to receive their second vaccine at Winona Health will still do so on their scheduled date as planned.
“The number of calls and online request forms we’ve received has been overwhelming, and we are grateful that so many community members are interested in getting vaccinated,” said Sara Gabrick, chief operating officer, surgical/specialty services. “We understand people’s desire to get vaccinated and hope that our community knows that we are eager to get more people vaccinated as vaccine becomes available, and we appreciate how understanding people have been as we work hard to meet the demand.”