Health workers in Oregon give COVID vaccine to drivers on the side of the road after blizzard left them stranded and drugs were near the expiration date
- The workers were on their way back from a vaccination
- The doses were intended for others, but would have expired by the time they reached their destination due to the snowstorm.
- An ambulance in the province was present in case of emergency during vaccinations
- Oregon has so far administered more than 340,000 coronavirus vaccines
Health workers from Oregon who were stuck in a blizzard on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination case put a car after car that drivers injected before a few doses expired.
Josephine County Public Health said on Facebook that the “improvised vaccine clinic” took place after about 20 employees were stopped in traffic on a highway to a vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School.
Six of the vaccines were almost expiring, and the workers decided to offer them to other stranded drivers.
The shots were intended for other people in Grants Pass, but ‘the snow meant the doses would not reach it until it expired’, the health department said.
Random residents trapped in the snow have become the lucky recipients of vaccines in Oregon
While on their way from a vaccination clinic, health workers got vaccinated with vaccines in the snow.
Josephine County Public Health posted a post about the incredible turnaround on Facebook
Because they did not want to waste, staff walked from vehicle to vehicle and gave people the chance to receive the vaccine. An ambulance was available for safety.
All the doses were administered, including one to a sheriff’s employee in Josephine County who arrived late for the vaccination clinic but eventually stopped at the other, officials said.
Mike Weber, director of public health in Josephine County, said it was one of the “coolest surgeries he has ever had.”
Although six doses may not seem like much, each vaccination counts in the battle for COVID-19.
In general, six people received the COVID-19 vaccine while waiting for the blizzard
Josephine County Public Health Director Mike Weber called it the “coolest operation.”
According to a dashboard updated by the Oregon Health Authority, 340,359 vaccination doses were administered in the state by the end of Tuesday.
So far, only 50,587 people in the state have been fully vaccinated, meaning they have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine.
Just this week, child care workers and those working in a K-12 school environment were eligible to receive the vaccine in Oregon.
Oregon has seen 139,355 cases of COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. Of these, 1,904 succumbed to the virus.
Oregon has administered more than 340,000 vaccines since facing 1904 COVID-19 deaths
The United States has surpassed 25.5 million COVID-19 cases and more than 428,000 deaths
In the United States, there were more than 25.5 million cases of COVID-19, with the death toll at 428,654 people and it increased.
The focus of Joe Biden’s government has been to vaccinate as many people as possible.
The president’s goal was to deliver 100 million shots within 100 days.
The White House on Tuesday announced an increase in the distribution of vaccines to 10 million for the next three weeks, as well as the purchase of another 200 million vaccines to be delivered during the summer.