Motorists stranded in snowstorm get Covid-19 vaccine
From CNN’s Andy Rose
Josephine County Public Health workers administered leftover vaccine doses to motorists who were stranded in a snowstorm. Josephine County Public Health
Many people must drive miles to get a Covid-19 vaccine, but some travelers in southwestern Oregon had the vaccine come to them Tuesday under treacherous weather conditions.
Josephine County Public Health said their workers were returning from a mass vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction when about 20 members of the group became stranded in a snowstorm at Hayes Hill.
There were still six leftover doses of the vaccine in their possession.
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As the winter storm bore down, he and a handful of colleagues packed up the vaccination clinic they’d held that day at Illinois Valley High School and headed into the snow.
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One woman was so overcome with joy at the chance to get the coronavirus vaccine that her hands shook as she filled out the paperwork. A man was so excited he did a happy dance. A young woman gleefully accepted the offer, saying she didn’t think she would be eligible for a long time.
Drivers stranded in snowstorm given coronavirus vaccine
Unlike many who have to drive kilometres to get a COVID-19 vaccine, some travellers in southwestern Oregon, in the US, had the vaccine come to them Tuesday under treacherous weather conditions.
Josephine County Public Health workers were returning from a mass vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction when about 20 members of the group got stranded in a snowstorm at Hayes Hill, the agency said.
In this January 10 file photo Medical professionals from Oregon Health & Science University load syringes with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in Portland, Oregon.(AP)