The Capstone Clinic in Dillingham. Oct. 27, 2020.
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Sixty percent of people 16 and older in Dillingham are now vaccinated against COVID-19. And that number will likely rise.
Dillingham plans to host a number of pop-up COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinics, which are set to start at the end of May and run through July. Interim City Manager Gregg Brelsford says the city plans to use state funding as a stopgap until federal stimulus money, called the American Rescue Plan, becomes available in mid-July.
“That’s our estimate right now, based on the information we have, Brelsford said. So we’ve structured our program to go for two months to give us a bridge between now and the time when we should get that additional money. And then we can continue the program if the city wants to at that time.”
More than 400 people receive vaccine at Dillingham clinic February 18th |
The Dillingham High School gym hummed with activity Saturday. Health care workers sat at tables spread across the room, as people waited for a dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
It was Dillingham s second weekend clinic, and the first since the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation opened the vaccine clinic to anyone over the age of 18.
Patricia Owens was among a group waiting patiently on the gym s plastic bleachers. She had just received her second shot of the two-step vaccine. I want to be healthy for my community and the people around me. I want to be able to see my mom and my grandkids, she said.
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