Staff Writer
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Now that Belmont County has begun to receive a vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic, the health department is scheduling shots.
“Our director of nursing, she is reaching out to set up times to get them vaccinated,” Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul said. He outlined this and other activities Wednesday during his weekly update to the county commissioners.
Belmont County has received 300 doses of the Moderna version of the vaccine, which does not require the ultra-cold storage not available in Belmont County. His office will be vaccinating home health workers, hospice workers, emergency medical service responders, primary care practitioners, free-standing emergency department employees, urgent care sites, pharmacy workers, dialysis and dental providers and mobile unit practitioners.
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File Photo â Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul reports on the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, he announced his office has received its first 300 doses of vaccine.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Belmont County’s health department has received its first shipment of the Moderna version of COVID-19 vaccine, which does not require deep-cold storage. Belmont County Deputy Health Director Robert Sproul said Tuesday that 300 doses are ready.
“My director of nursing has started contacting agencies,” Sproul said in a text.
In a later interview, Sproul said Barnesville Hospital, CVS and Walgreens are also getting their own shipments.
“We’re all tasked with getting certain groups of people,” Sproul said, adding the CVS and Walgreens responsible for administering the vaccine at nursing homes and congregate setting facilities, while the hospital is tasked with vaccinating health workers.