Coconino County Opens Vaccinations To Full ‘1B’ Category
Coconino County officials have expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine all residents in the 1B category can now sign up for vaccination. The county had previously prioritized certain groups within the 1B category.
New groups eligible for the vaccine include food and agriculture workers, power and utility employees, and adults with high risk medical conditions living in shelters and other group settings. Vaccination appointments are available through Northern Arizona Healthcare, along with the Fort Tuthill site. County officials say individuals will be asked to provide proof of their eligibility, though vaccinations are free of charge. A full list of vaccination sites can be found at the county site.
Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine arrived in Mohave County just in time for Christmas, and hundreds of residents are expected to be vaccinated before the end of the year. But distributing the
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The Arizona Department of Health Services reported more than 6,000 new coronavirus infections and 54 new deaths Dec. 23, bringing the state past 8,000 fatalities since the pandemic began.
More than 60% of Arizona’s COVID-19 cases have been identified in Maricopa County.
Pima County has racked up the second-highest number of cases, with about 13% of the state’s total. But that doesn’t mean the current surge is strictly an urban issue.
Residents in rural parts of the state may have less immediate access to emergency care or live in counties where mitigation measures aren’t being taken as seriously as they were early on.
To take the vaccine, or not to take the vaccine that is the question on many residents’ minds as the first doses of Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine arrive throughout Mohave County and distribution begins.
“The notion of taking the vaccine is a very personal decision,” said Kingman Regional Medical Center CEO Will McConnell.
In Lake Havasu City some residents have said they will get vaccinated as soon as possible, others want to wait and see how things go, and others say they don’t plan to get the vaccine at all. CEO Mike Stenger said Western Arizona Medical Center reached out to its employees recently to get an idea of how many vaccinations it would need for its facility and found about a third of its employees fell into each category.