COVID Vaccination update for March 1, 2021
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KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. - This week marks the eligibility for those 65 and older to be vaccinated. There are a total of 15,222 people aged 65 and older in Klamath County. It will be weeks, perhaps months, before everyone who would like to be vaccinated will have access to vaccine.
Please be patient. There is not a registry for those who would like to be vaccinated. Individuals must contact the vaccine provider for an appointment and available vaccine.
This week’s shipment of vaccine arrived today. Some of this week’s vaccine provided to Klamath County was Pfizer and sent directly to Sky Lakes Medical Center.
Of the vaccine received at Public Health, 700 second doses were given to Sky Lakes Medical Center.
To schedule an appointment with Sky Lakes Medical Center, call 1-833-606-4370.
Two hundred doses (100 first and second doses) were given to the Bonanza and Merrill Clinics.
Klamath Health Partnership received 200 doses directly from Oregon Health Authority and will be calling its patients to schedule those who are eligible.
Albertsons Pharmacy is able to provide vaccinations as vaccine availability allows. Appointments can be made online. The website is https://www.mhealthappointments.com/covidappt.
Again, doses are limited. Not everyone who wants a vaccine will receive one immediately. Please continue to be patient.
Arrival of Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Klamath County is unknown at this time.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is allowing undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer vaccine to be transported and stored at conventional temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks. It is unknown at this time if that will change the distribution of vaccine in Klamath County in the coming weeks.
Friday Oregon Health Authority released its plan to vaccinate all Oregonians. Graphics are provided below. The next eligibility is March 29 for those 45 to 64 with some underlying health conditions, seasonal farm workers, agricultural workers, food processing workers and people living in low-income senior housing, senior congregate and independent living facilities.
More information will be provided, as it becomes available.