OKC-County Health Dept. hopes slowdown of people getting COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t continue

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The Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division held two COVID-19 vaccine clinics Tuesday for everybody 16 and older dwelling in any state.“We’ve made actually nice progress initially, you realize? Sixty-five and older about 50%, greater than 50% of them are totally vaccinated in Oklahoma County. However we’re beginning to see a bit of little bit of a slowdown,” stated Molly Fleming, with the Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division.It’s a slowdown Fleming doesn’t need to see proceed.“We had about 100 appointments booked this morning at each areas,” she stated. “We additionally did this at our Southern Oaks location.”The Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division administered 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at each websites Tuesday morning. Tommy Hughes acquired his second Pfizer shot throughout the occasion.“I really feel nice. Glad it’s over with. It’s been a ache within the butt, actually,” Hughes stated. “It was on-line. Yeah, it was fairly troublesome, however there’s a bunch of various locations to attempt to do it, and it was simply complicated.”The Oklahoma State Division of Well being stories that greater than 48% of Oklahoma adults over 18 have had at the least one dose of the vaccine and that 34.7% are totally vaccinated. These are numbers Fleming desires to see go larger.“We’ve acquired all these variants which might be taking place proper now,” she stated. “The vaccine is secure. The vaccine is, you realize, we’ll get you to the opposite aspect and get you protected.”

The Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division held two COVID-19 vaccine clinics Tuesday for everybody 16 and older dwelling in any state.

“We’ve made actually nice progress initially, you realize? Sixty-five and older about 50%, greater than 50% of them are totally vaccinated in Oklahoma County. However we’re beginning to see a bit of little bit of a slowdown,” stated Molly Fleming, with the Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division.

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It’s a slowdown Fleming doesn’t need to see proceed.

“We had about 100 appointments booked this morning at each areas,” she stated. “We additionally did this at our Southern Oaks location.”

The Oklahoma Metropolis-County Well being Division administered 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at each websites Tuesday morning. Tommy Hughes acquired his second Pfizer shot throughout the occasion.

“I really feel nice. Glad it’s over with. It’s been a ache within the butt, actually,” Hughes stated. “It was on-line. Yeah, it was fairly troublesome, however there’s a bunch of various locations to attempt to do it, and it was simply complicated.”

The Oklahoma State Division of Well being stories that greater than 48% of Oklahoma adults over 18 have had at the least one dose of the vaccine and that 34.7% are totally vaccinated. These are numbers Fleming desires to see go larger.

“We’ve acquired all these variants which might be taking place proper now,” she stated. “The vaccine is secure. The vaccine is, you realize, we’ll get you to the opposite aspect and get you protected.”

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