COVID vaccines available in small quantities at public health units
COVID vaccines available in small quantities at public health units By KPLC Digital Team and Jennifer Lott | February 4, 2021 at 10:41 AM CST - Updated February 4 at 9:38 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Vaccines for COVID-19 are now available at public health units, state health officials say.
The vaccines have been provided in small quantities and are available by appointment only through Feb. 15. Vaccines will be provided in a drive-thru format, weather permitting.
To qualify, you must be 70 years old or older, or a health care worker.
Register and make an appointment HERE or by calling your parish’s health unit.
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Shortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the widespread use of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, Governor John Bel Edwards said the moment was a hopeful and historic one for the country and state.
In the statement, which was released late Friday night, the governor thanked scientists, doctors, and other health care workers and researchers who have contributed to the vaccine s development.
Louisiana s first two weekly shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will total around 79,000 doses, Edwards said, with the first doses being administered to health care and emergency medical services workers. The group totals between 125,000 and 135,000 people.
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