Hundreds of unqualified people turned away from North Dakota COVID-19 vaccination event
More than 300 people are not eligible to get vaccinated. Health officials blame it on people sharing a link not meant to be shared. Written By: Matt Henson | 1:27 pm, Feb. 5, 2021
GRAND FORKS Grand Forks Public Health has 1,100 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to distribute at the Alerus Center this weekend.
On Thursday, Feb. 4, they had to tell 360 people who had appointments that they aren t invited. We are taking steps to make sure this can t happen again, said Haley Bruhn with Grand Forks Public Health.
They noticed late Wednesday night, Feb. 3, that a third of the people registered don t meet the qualifications to get vaccinated.
By Doug Barrett
Grand Forks is inching towards so-called herd immunity for COVID-19 one shot at a time.
According to Grand Forks Health Department’s Michael Dulitz just over ten-percent of county residents have received at least one dose of vaccine and 4.6 percent are fully protected. Dulitz told county commissioners this week that the goal is to eventually vaccinate 60-percent of the population.
Health Director Debbie Swanson says the Alerus Center will continue to be the centralized location for vaccine distribution – but as the county moves into other tiers public health will have a presence in rural communities.
In neighboring Polk County (MN) just over eleven-percent of the population has received a single shot and nearly three-percent are fully vaccinated.