Terry Reilly Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Rural Areas

VACCINE.LOCAL HEALTH CAREPROVIDERS AREADMINISTERING THECOVID-19 VACCINE TOTHOSE ELIGIBLE INRURALCOMMUNITIES..OUR REPORTERRICARDO CORONADOHAS DETAILS ABOUTTHE VACCINATIONEFFORTS BY TERRYREILLY.ONE-SHOT AFTERANOTHER, DOZENSOF TEACHERS ANDSTAFF MEMBERSFROM MELBASCHOOL DISTRICTGOT THE FIRST DOSEOF THE MODERNACOVID-19 VACCINE."REALLY GET BACKTO NORMAL AS SOONAS POSSIBLE ANDPROTECT MY FAMILY""DON'T BE AFRAID.IT'S A VACCINE.

ITHINK WE ARE ALLWORKINGTOGETHER.

WE AREIN THE COMMUNITYTOGETHER.

WE ALLHAVE TO DO OURPART WHAT EVERTHAT PART IS."PRE K THROUGH12TH-GRADETEACHERS ANDSTAFF ARE ELIGIBLETO GET THE VACCINENOW.

ESUS BLANCO,A PATIENTNAVIGATORSUPERVISOR ATTERRY REILLYHEALTH SERVICES,SAYS THEY WANTEDUCATORS INRURAL COMMUNITIESHAVE ACCESS TOTHEM."WE UNDERSTAND ITIS DIFFICULT TO JUSTHAVE THEM COME TOUS SO WERE AREDOING EVERYTHINGWE CAN TOCONNECT OURSERVICES OUT INTHESE RURALAREAS.

WHICHMEANS REALLYSOON WE'LL HAVE AMOBILE UNITMEDICAL ANDDENTAL THAT WEPLAN TO TAKE SOMESMALLCOMMUNITIES.

WHATREALLY NEAT ABOUTTHAT IS THAT OURMEDICAL UNIT WILLBE UTILIZED FOR THECOVID VACCINE ASLONG AS WE HAVE ITAVAILABLE."BLANCO SAYS THEIRNEXT STOP ISHOMEDALE.

THEIRGOAL IS TO VISITSCHOOL DISTRICT INRURAL COMMUNITIESFROM CANYON TOOWYHEE COUNTIES.SOUTHWESTDISTRICT HEALTHSAYS THERE HAVEBEEN MORE THAN 23THOUSAND COVID-19CASES IN CANYONCOUNTY, MELBA HAD248 OF THEM.SHOWING THE VIRUSCAN MAKE ITS WAYTO RURAL AREAS."WE ARE NOT MAYBEINTERACTING WITHTHE OTHERCOMMUNITIES ASMUCH AS MUCHWE'VE BEENSHELTERING ALITTLE BIT BUT THENAGAIN OURCOMMUNITY SOCLOSE OTHER IF ONEPERSON GET ITSPREADS IN OURCOMMUNITYRAPIDLY."THAT'S WHY THEYSAY THISVACCINATIONROLLOUT IS VITAL..GIVING HOPE TOMANY."TO SHOW PEOPLEIT'S OKAY.

IT'S SAFE.WE ARE READY TOGO."RICARDO CORONADOIDAHO NEWS SIX