How long can I wait to get a 2nd dose of COVID vaccine in MS and how do I schedule it? Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 26 With first-dose appointments for the COVID-19 snapped up almost as soon as they are available, some residents are concerned about being able to schedule second doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine.
Mississippi State Health Department officials have assured residents that second doses are arriving in adequate numbers for timely vaccination of those who have received first doses.
A second dose of the Moderna vaccine should be administered no earlier than 28 days after the first dose, while the Pfizer vaccine requires a wait of at least 21 days. Second doses administered four days before the minimum time frame are still considered valid, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah High demand for the COVID-19 vaccine from southwest Utah residents aged 70 and older caused the local health department s website to crash on Monday morning. We understand how frustrating this is for many of our seniors, read a statement from David Heaton, spokesperson for the Southwest Utah Public Health Department.
Once the website became overwhelmed, the local health department sought the help from the state to set up a temporary sign-up page. It s very frustrating, said Washington County resident Marsha Rogers. This is just so unfair to those other people who are not technology savvy.
Once the temporary page got up and running, all remaining vaccine appointments through the end of January were quickly reserved.
Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is outpacing supply across the state.
(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Shelly Begay, a Diné medical assistant at Utah Navajo Health System’s Monument Valley Clinic, carries a patient’s coronavirus test kit out of the mobile triage unit for transport and testing on Aug., 24, 2020.
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Bluff • Southern Utah health departments are having no problem finding eligible residents who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but the limited supply of doses is slowing their rollout.
The Utah Department of Health, which began allocating vials of vaccine to hospitals in late December and now is prioritizing local health departments, does not yet have geographic data for the more than 142,751 doses that had been administered in Utah as of Friday.
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Quail Creek State Park
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah County man who died after an accident at the boat ramp at Quail Creek State Park Wednesday has been identified by parks officials.
Doug M. Schaerrer, 80, of Lindon, died at St. George Regional Hospital after being pulled from his submerged vehicle by a state park ranger around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses summoned help after a man who was backing a truck pulling a trailered boat down the boat ramp became submerged in the water, according to the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation. Ranger Dylan Urban was dispatched to the boat ramp, and he was able to break through the window of Schaerrer’s truck and pull him to shore.
HURRICANE An 80-year-old man died on Tuesday after his truck and trailered boat became submerged while backing down a boat ramp at Quail Creek State Park.
According to a news release from the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation, State Park Ranger Dylan Urban was dispatched to the boat ramp at Quail Creek at about 4 p.m. Tuesday after witnesses reported seeing a man stuck in the truck as it went under water.
Urban broke through the submerged truck window and was able to retrieve the man, the release says, then performed CPR until medical assistance arrived.
The man, identified as Doug M. Schaerrer, of Lindon, was transported to Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital; he died the following day, according to officials.