State shot clinic to be here March 5

The state health department will host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Clarendon College Bairfield Activity Center Friday, March 5; and local residents are asked to sign up now for an appointment.

Donley County Judge John Howard, MD, said the state is bringing 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and will administer the shots from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The primary purpose of the clinic is to give as many people as possible the first dose of the two-step vaccination. A second clinic will be held on April 6 to administer the second dose, Howard said.

However, if a person has already received the first round of the Moderna vaccine, they can get the second dose during the March 5 clinic. State officials request those needing the second dose schedule as late in the day as possible to allow the most people to get the first round of the vaccine.

Those wishing to receive the vaccination must pre-register online for a specific timeslot at the following link: https://bit.ly/2PoL3el or by viewing this article at ClarendonLive.com. Residents without Internet access can go by the Burton Memorial Library for assistance signing up.

The clinic is for people age 18 and older with priority given to residents in Phases 1A and 1B as explained at this link along with other important information: https://bit.ly/3sErJYJ

The state personnel will be staying over in Clarendon Friday night and will hold another vaccination clinic in Memphis the next day, Howard said. If a local resident cannot make the Friday clinic in Clarendon, they might consider trying to go the Memphis site. Details on the Memphis clinic were not available at press time.

The arrival of the vaccination clinic comes as the number of active COVID-19 infections has fallen off in Donley County.

The Clarendon Family Medical Center reported Monday that it had no new positives at all last week, and there are currently no active cases in the clinic’s care. This again does not include information on people who have may have tested at facilities outside the county.

Updated numbers from the state list Donley County as having 13 fatalities from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.