photo of: Lauren Fox
On January 29, 2021 there were 10 automatic vaccination stations and one vaccination station inside the arena at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
Data from four local health organizations showed that as of Thursday, more than 19,500 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County.
Taken together, data from the four distributors – LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center, and Haskell Indian Health Center – showed that 19,568 first doses and 7,411 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered.
This represents an increase of 2,810 first doses and 2,916 second doses since the county last reported vaccine distribution information to the Journal-World on February 19th.
The most recent data show that these four organizations have administered 19,568 of the first 21,995 doses they have received, or 89%. The four organizations also administered 7,411 of the 15,837 second doses they received, 46.8%.
The percentage of second doses that have been administered is lower because agencies have to wait for the right time to administer the second dose, health department spokeswoman Karrey Britt previously told Journal-World. The second dose of Pfizer vaccine should be given 21 days after the first dose and the second dose of Modern vaccine should be given 28 days after the first dose.
With the first and second doses, these four Douglas County organizations had administered 26,979 total doses as of Thursday. This represents an increase of 5,726 doses since the data was last reported on February 19th.
Douglas County is currently vaccinating people in Phase 2, which includes residents age 65 and older, essential local government workers, K-12 education workers, food service industry workers, people living or work in congregated care centers, workers are critical to the functioning of the community and anyone who may have been vaccinated in phase 1, but who has not yet been shot. Critical workers for the functioning of the community include people such as transportation workers, DMV and postcard workers, agricultural and food processing workers, and those who provide services or materials that are used as part of the response. to the pandemic. The county’s Vaccine Planning Unit estimates that between 30,000 and 40,000 Douglas County residents meet the requirements for Phase 2.
Other organizations are involved in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses in Douglas County. As reported by Journal-World, Walmart and Dillons announced that they would administer some doses through the U.S. Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
Dillons and Walmart receive vaccines directly from the federal government and distribute them through their own plans and systems, Britt said. These doses will not be included in county numbers. In addition, Britt said Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health had been working with some local pharmacies to provide vaccines in places such as long-term care centers and congregate living environments. These doses arrive through the health department and are included in the figures given above.