Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
BY ANDY GARDNER North Country This Week Just under one-quarter of those over age 16 in St. Lawrence County have received at least one vaccine dose. Public Health Director Dr. Dana McGuire announced …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active, online-only subscription then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
BY ANDY GARDNER
North Country This Week
Just under one-quarter of those over age 16 in St. Lawrence County have received at least one vaccine dose.
Public Health Director Dr. Dana McGuire announced the update at the Monday, March 1 Board of Legislators meeting.
She said there are about 89,000 St. Lawrence County residents who can get vaccinated, and just over 21,000 have had one dose.
The total population is around 108,000. Dr. McGuire said the eligible population doesn’t include ages 16 and under because the vaccines aren’t recommended for anyone that young.
Dr. McGuire said pharmacies are handling vaccinations for people age 65 and up, as well as nursing home workers and residents. She said they’ve administered about 1,700 for nursing homes. She said pharmacies have also given just over 5,300 first doses to the elderly at stores.
“They share a big portion of what we’re seeing here in the county as well,” she said.
Dr. McGuire said they’re planning a vaccine POD (point of distribution) at the Ogdensburg Golden Dome during the coming week of March 1.
