COVID-19 vaccination clinics held in Smithers
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The first COVID-19 vaccination clinic has been held in Smithers.
Long-term care residents and staff at Bulkley Lodge and staff, physicians and paramedics at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital were immunized last Friday (Jan 22).
According to Northern Health, nurses from Houston administered the vaccine at Bulkley Lodge where the Smithers Interprofessional Team administered the vaccine at the Bulkley Valley District Hospital.
Smithers Mayor Gladys Atrill said she is excited that Smithers has received the vaccine.
“We’ve all been waiting for what will be the light at the end of the tunnel for the pandemic and the vaccine seems to be a big part of that light and so I am hopeful that the distribution continues as expected,” she said.