Nine COVID-19 vaccine clinics planned this week in Grand Forks County – Grand Forks Herald

Want to get a COVID-19 shot? Grand Forks Public Health has scheduled for this week seven of its roving vaccination clinics in town, plus one in Manvel and another in Thompson.

The clinics are designed to offer a COVID-19 vaccine within half a mile of 95% of Grand Forks city residents. There, public health nurses or health department partners are set to administer one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccines or one of two needed doses of a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Anyone who is 12 years of age or older is eligible for a vaccine.

Public health staff have urged residents to get a vaccine for months, and a recent uptick in COVID-19 metrics has underscored their effort.

Now is the time to take action to protect yourself and others and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Vaccination remains the best precaution to prevent serious illness, hospitalization, or death from COVID-19, a Monday news release said. Getting the vaccine protects a person from getting the disease and prevents them from getting very sick if they do get COVID-19.

Grand Forks Public Health staff hope to see at least 60% of Grand Forks County residents receive the vaccine. That threshold could mean that the county has reached herd immunity from the coronavirus, but some studies indicate that, especially with the rising prevalence of the more-contagious delta variant of the disease, the real threshold could be much higher.

As of Sunday, Aug. 15, data compiled by the health department indicates that 31,588 county residents have been fully vaccinated. Thats about 43.2% of Grand Forks County residents, a figure that declined slightly since last week because public health administrators incorporated newly released 2020 Census data that indicates about 4,000 additional people live in the county.

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