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Appointments and they went in just under ten minutes. reporter: in arizona, 85-year-old leonora ochoa and her son drove 400 miles to phoenix to get her vaccinated because there were no appointments closer to home until april. yuma has one of the nation s worst infection rates. we ve only had 7,400 doses sent to yuma county. we re not meeting the needs. reporter: and for so many, it s sadly too late. brianna trejo lost both parents within days of each other. her father got sick before his second dose of the vaccine. we re just like, okay, he gets the first dose, we ll get it and then we ll be fine, you know? but i guess we just ran out of time. reporter: dick and shirley meek had just celebrated 70 years of marriage when they contracted covid. dying in each other s arms, only three days before they were scheduled to get their first shots. which is why we have to get these vaccinations up and running across the country even ....
Yuma senior travels 400 miles for a chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine Some Arizona residents facing challenges getting their dose. and last updated 2021-01-19 21:10:27-05 YUMA, AZ â âI was told to get on the internet. I would then search for four, three hours and it would say they donât know when thereâs going to be an appointment available that everything is full,â stated Leonora Ochoa. Ochoa is 85 years old; she says she has been living in Yuma County for 60 years. She says the struggle to find a spot for the vaccine is too much and the website sometimes doesnât work. So, she wonders, why are COVID-19 vaccines not reaching Yuma county? ....