“Get your shot friends and let s get back to normal!” he said in a tweet.
In DeSoto County, vaccines are available at Kroger, Walmart, Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and the Landers Center, which is a state-operated site. It wasn’t immediately clear if Kroger or Walmart required proof of Mississippi residency.
As of Tuesday morning, the state department of health website listed more than 1,500 appointments available at the Landers Center.
As of Monday, 888,462 total shots had been given across the state by the state health department and more than 1.2 million shots had been given out by all vaccine providers. According to the department of health, 323,819 people were fully vaccinated, meaning they had two shots of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Many health care workers hesitant about getting COVID-19 vaccine
Health care workers reluctant to get vaccine By Brandon Richard | February 1, 2021 at 7:24 PM CST - Updated February 1 at 7:34 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A significant number of health care workers continue to be hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
A new report from the CDC shows nursing home staff members lag far behind residents in getting the vaccine, even though itâs been offered.
Whitehaven nursing home expects to receive COVID-19 vaccine this week
Nationwide, about one in every three deaths from COVID-19 is connected to a nursing home.
The CDCâs findings are similar to the results of a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found many health care workers are still hesitant to get the vaccine.