NEWS RELEASE I December 18, 2020
Media Contact: Kristina Wieghmink, OCDPH Public Information Officer
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Ottawa County Department of Public Health administers its first COVID-19 vaccination
Vaccination for COVID-19 is the path forward to controlling the disease and protecting our community. The Ottawa County Department of Public Health (OCDPH) received 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday and has already begun administering doses today to EMS workers. In partnership with Grand Valley State University, the OCDPH was able to hold its first COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the GVSU Holland Campus on December 18, 2020. The first dose was given by Public Health Immunization Nurse Robin Schurman to Zeeland Fire Rescue EMT Jeff Potter.
"We have all looked forward to this day, and our community has traveled a long and difficult road since last March," said OCDPH Health Officer Lisa Stefanovsky. "But today marks the day that we can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The COVID-19 vaccination is an important tool to help stop the pandemic." Watch the event.
Other frontline health care workers and workers and residents of long-term care facilities will receive their vaccination from area hospitals and pharmacies. As supplies of the vaccine increase, those at lower risk will qualify. Public health officials project all adults will able to get vaccinated by mid to late 2021. Vaccination in one phase may not be complete before vaccination in another phase begins. There may be vaccination of individuals in different phases that occurs simultaneously. The timing of the start of vaccination in a phase is dependent on the supply of vaccine from the manufacturer, how vaccine is allocated from the federal level to Michigan, and the capacity to administer the vaccine to populations.
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OCDPH Health Officer Lisa Stefanonvsky gives opening remarks. Image courtesy of GVSU Communications.
OCDPH Immunization Nurse Robin Schurman gives EMT Jeff Potter the first COVID-19 vaccine. Image courtesy of GVSU Communications.
Scott Rubin with AMR giving the COVID-19 vaccine. Image courtesy of GVSU Communications.
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