People line up to get COVID-19 vaccination
Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center goes through doses quickly Share Updated: 6:26 PM CST Jan 29, 2021
Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center goes through doses quickly Share Updated: 6:26 PM CST Jan 29, 2021
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Show Transcript DETAILS ROSS. HERE WE’RE GOING FROM THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOSES WEEKLY TO CLOSE TO 50,000 TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING DEMAND AND IT’S SEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THERE WAS ABOUT 50 PEOPLE HERE AND WE DON’T STARTED TO EIGHT PEOPLE LINED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING OUTSIDE. TIM HYNES COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER TO GET A COVID-19 VACCINATION HAD A TOTAL OF THAT WE RECEIVE YESTERDAY AT 400 AND THE PEOPLE IN THE LINE WOULD GET THE LAST OF THAT 400 THE SHOTS WERE ADMINISTERED ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS FOR ANYBODY 65 AND OLDER AND THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT WAS SO MANY OF THEM THAT REALLY NEEDED AND I WANT TO GET IT TO THEM IN THEIR ON
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Simms sibblings vacinated same day (L-R) Georgia Pearl Simms, Casaundra Simms McCullough, Rev. James Simms, Juanita Simms Doty
Juanita Simms-Doty said that as of Jan. 22, all members of her family living in Mississippi, who qualified to get the COVID-19 vaccine, have gotten their first shots and are looking forward to receiving their second shots.
Yet, we have heard many reports from residents of the state that even though they now qualify to get their vaccines, they are not able to do so. Calling the Health Department to register for an appointment or going online to register for an appointment have brought them no results because appointments are booked immediately after announcements are made that specific groups are eligible to receive the shot.
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Nurse practitioner and clergy urge African-Americans to take COVID-19 vaccine
Nurse practitioner and clergy urge African-Americans to take COVID-19 vaccine By Roslyn Anderson | January 7, 2021 at 7:23 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 7:23 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Some in the African-American community are apprehensive about taking the COVID-19 vaccine. But after one medical expert’s husband spent 25 days on a ventilator, she says refusing it could be a matter of life and death.
“My husband contracted COVID-19 from an asymptomatic person, and he almost died,” said nurse practitioner Candance Childress. The Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center worker also contracted the virus but had mild symptoms.