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Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton will move their vaccination clinics from mobile locations back to their medical campus.
Infection control specialist Liz Healy says they have given out lots of shots…
Demand for the shots has fallen and Healy says she is hering the concerns….
Healy says the guidelines from the CDC will continue to change..
Healy says its very important that those who got the first shot in the series come back to complete their immunizations. Tags:
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Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton is hosting a walk in Covid-19 vaccination clinic Friday.
Vaccine Coordinator Liz Healy says this may work for people that have been holding off on getting a shot…
Healy says a vaccination is a good idea even if a person was infected in the last year…
Healy says they will make it as convenient as possible…
The clinic will be from one to six PM at the Yankton Mall. Those who get a shot Friday will also be scheduled for the second Pfizer shot on May sixth. Tags:
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Some Covid-19 vaccine providers are finding they have more shots available than arms.
Liz Healy, with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says appointments can now be scheduled very quickly…
Healy says there are options available for people to set up appointments..
Healy says if they can get a supply of the Johnson & Johnson one shot vaccine they may try a walk in clinic…
Healy says they have been seeing six to eight hundred people each day of the vaccination clinics. Tags:
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Covid-19 infection numbers are creeping upward again and that has medical professionals worried.
Yankton Doctor Mike Pietila has been treating Covid patients since the pandemic started last year and says another peak is coming….
Pietila says more patients are surviving due to better treatment and vaccinations…
Pietila, who heads the ICU at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says they has some bad weeks last fall…
Overall infections in the state have trended up about five to ten percent a week for the last month or so. Tags:
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