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AUBURN — After donating their time and talents for the past 4 1/2 months, DeKalb County’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic supporting staff were commemorated and celebrated during a dinner Tuesday evening.
AUBURN â Around 4 p.m. Thursday, DeKalb Countyâs COVID-19 vaccination clinic injected the last of more than 16,500 shots it has given to local residents. Since it opened Jan. 13, the clinic at Middaugh Hall on the DeKalb County Fairgrounds has inoculated some 8,500 people against the coronavirus with two shots apiece. âWe feel good about that,â said Cheryl Lynch, RN, the county Health Department administrator who oversaw the clinic operations. After peaking around 300 shots a day this winter, the Middaugh Hall clinic gave fewer than 200 shots per day in its final few days....
AUBURN â DeKalb Countyâs COVID-19 vaccine clinic reached a new high by giving 200 shots Friday, up from 150 per day in its first three sessions. âWe were able to get more vaccine from the state,â said DeKalb County Health Officer Dr. Mark Souder. âWe would probably be able to do 250 a day and maybe 300 without working our system too hard.â The clinic at Middaugh Hall in Auburn opens for its first Saturday session today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. by appointment only, to administer 120 vaccine doses. Souder said the clinic will continue next week with the same dates and...