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In part because of how the omicron variant has led to more cases than ever, investigators will instead focus on outbreaks in high-risk settings.

Tulsa Health Dept. Texting Residents To Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness The Tulsa Health Department is now texting Tulsa County residents with the hope of increasing awareness on how and where to get a COVID shot. “We are looking at zip codes in the north Tulsa area, east Tulsa, west Tulsa, and Sand Springs, we would really like to see those numbers increase,” Public Information Officer Leanne Stephens said. Since December, Leanne Stephens at the Tulsa Health Department said they’ve...

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Paul Monies / Oklahoma Watch As active coronavirus cases remain above 30,000 in Oklahoma, the state health department says its contact tracers are having to prioritize calls and will advise most people with confirmed cases to do their own contact tracing. In addition, the state has shuttered a contact tracing call center in Oklahoma City paid for by federal CARES Act money. A related contract for additional temporary contact tracers continues but the Oklahoma State Department of Health is ...

Tulsa Health Department While the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in Oklahoma is being universally celebrated by public health officials, health care workers and medical leaders, they are stressing that the immunizations wont have immediate impact on infection levels and vigilance is still necessary to prevent unnecessary transmission of the virus. "It is here to stay, regardless of our vaccination process," said Dr. Jennifer Clark of the OSU Center for Health Sciences Project ECHO faculty team....