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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation is on a mission to get every eligible person in the region vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta became one of the first places in the nation where the general population could receive a vaccine when YKHC opened vaccinations to all tiers in mid-January.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s lead infectious disease expert, told the New York Times that from 70% to 90% of the U.S. population will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to stop the virus’s transmission. But under current guidelines, a large portion of the population is too young to receive a vaccine. The two vaccines with emergency use authorization in the U.S. are not approved for children. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is approved for people age 16 and older. The Moderna vaccine is approved for people age 18 and older.
Over three times as many people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine as compared to the rest of the nation. Dr. Ellen Hodges, Chief of Staff at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, talks with KYUK News Director Anna Rose MacArthur about how the region became a national leader in COVID-19 vaccinations.
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