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December 16, 2020 3:45 PM Site staff
LAWTON, Okla. (Dec. 16, 2020) State officials announced today that Comanche County Memorial Hospital has received its first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and that Oklahoma has successfully received all of its initial allotment of 39,975 doses from Operation Warp Speed, allowing distribution efforts to ramp up across the state. That includes 33,150 doses to five Oklahoma hospitals and 6,825 doses through direct federal allocations to tribal nations through Indian Health Services and the VA.
“As governor, my job is to make sure our state has the resources and support to get the vaccine to Oklahomans as quickly and as efficiently as possible no matter where they live,” said Gov. Kevin Stitt. “Our team of health professionals and state and local partners is following a detailed distribution plan designed to reach all corners of Oklahoma, and I believe we can lead the nation on this.”
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On hand to watch were Gov. Kevin Stitt, medical professionals, state and local officials and the press.
Laura Thomas, a registered nurse who works in the intensive care unit at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, became the first person in Southwest Oklahoma to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday during a press conference.
Thomas was administered the vaccine by co-worker Nikki Martinez. Martinez then went on to administer doses to five more staff members of Memorial, including Chief Medical Officer Dr. Scott Michener.
Thomas said she was excited about taking the vaccine, but the inspiration to take it came from her 78-year-old father living in Ohio.
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Show Transcript and I m really grateful to see first hand what your team s doing to care for Oklahomans, uh, in southwest Oklahoma, you know, and especially and to get this vaccine out quickly and effectively so important. I ve been so impressed with your team, Brent. Also, he mentioned Commissioner of Health Dr Lance Fries with us today. But I m also here with Deputy Commissioner of Health Keith Reid, regional director of the Comanche County Health Department, Brandy Combs and your very own mayor of Latin, my good friend Stand Booker. I want to start by acknowledging and thanking all the health care workers and our health partners who have worked hard distributing this, uh, Cova 19 vaccine since it arrived in Oklahoma on Monday. And