COVID-19 vaccines available to all Mississippians 16 and older

Today is the first day that COVID vaccines are available to all adults in Mississippi.

 At the Jackson County Fairgrounds, there were 1,200 vaccination appointments scheduled today.

- today is the first day, covid - vaccines are available to all - adults here in mississippi.

- news 25's sabria reid takes us- to the jackson county - fairgrounds where 1,200 - vaccination appointments- were scheduled.

- - covid vaccines are now- available to anyone over 16 - years old here in the state of- mississippi.- jason ely, director of primary- care singing river: - "the phone lines started blowin up and people say, "hey i can get it now, i can get it- now."

Singing river health system set- up a covid vaccine drive- through at the jackson county - fairgrounds in pascagoula.- 1,200 pfizer covid vaccine- appointments were scheduled.- they were prepared to give a- total of 2,000 vaccines to- anyone who drove up.- kandy howard 47, hurley stay at- home mom- "hoping to get a left over vaccine, this is when i think - you had to be 50 and over, but- before i got a call back from - the clinic, i got online and sa- that they had opened it up- - - for everyone at this time over- 18, so i went on my chart,- singing river my chart and- booked it through that.

It was- so easy."

Kandy howard drove from hurley- with her son to share the - experience with him.- sabria reid, news 25: - "kandy howard used her vaccine appointment as a teaching lesso- to her- eight year old son, she pulled- him out of school, so he could- witness the historic- moment."

Howard remembers her mother - sharing her childhood - vaccination stories with her.

- kandy howard 47, hurley stay at- home mom- "this is a once in a lifetime thing and my mom still talks- about when she was a child- going to get a polio vaccinatio- and they had to wait in this- line.

I just went and - checked him out of school and - brought him."

Now that vaccinations are open to the- - - - public in mississippi, howard i- waiting for vaccinations to - be approved for kids.

- kandy howard 47, hurley stay at- home mom- "i think he saw that it was jus pretty easy, and hopefully- they're going to open this up - for kids before school starts."

"we'll be first in line, if we can to get that for him."

Singing river gulport will host- covid vaccinations this - friday.

- check the singing river health- system facebook page- for appointment updates and to- schedule times.

- in pascagoula, sabria reid, new- 25.

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