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The Dillingham High School gym hummed with activity Saturday. Health care workers sat at tables spread across the room, as people waited for a dose of the Moderna vaccine.
Health care workers prepare vaccine doses for patients at Dillingham s second COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
Credit Izzy Ross/KDLG
It was Dillingham’s second weekend clinic, and the first since the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation opened the vaccine clinic to anyone over the age of 18.
Patricia Owens was among a group waiting patiently on the gym s hard plastic bleachers. She had just received her second shot of the two-step vaccine.
Dillingham held its first vaccine clinic Jan. 14, 2021.
Credit Izzy Ross/KDLG
On Thursday, the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation expanded eligibility to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 18 years of age or older.
In Dillingham, people can receive the vaccine at a clinic Saturday at the Dillingham High School gym.
People 65 and older can receive vaccinations beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Beginning at 11 a.m., those who fall into the high risk category can receive the vaccine. Being high-risk may include diabetes, chronic lung disease, and compromised immune systems as well as pregnancy.
Those who take the medications Enbrel, Humira, Stelara, or Methotrexate also qualify as high risk.
Both of the people who tested positive are close contacts of a previous case. Their households have been tested and were advised to isolate, and the state