CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Jackson County is now getting an extra 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses per day after being chosen for a federal pilot program. Governor Kate Brown told NBC5 News it’s a race against the virus. She said it’s time to get shots in arms as soon as possible.
As COVID-19 cases in Southern Oregon rise, the Biden-Harris Administration is focusing an effort on vaccinations. The White House partnering with FEMA and Oregon Governor Kate Brown to bring additional resources to Jackson County.
“Our goal is to get vaccines in arms equably, efficiently, effectively as possible. Southern Oregon has been hard hit by the wildfires, but also by the pandemic itself,” said Gov. Brown.
Starting next week, Jackson County will take part in a Pilot Community Vaccination Center Where it’ll receive 1,000 extra Pfizer and Moderna vaccine doses per day.
Currently, there are about 2,600 open spots at the Jackson County Expo.
The pilot program will provide extra help with each event.
“Oftentimes what we find is we don’t have enough people to fill all the different positions that are needed to run a vaccination clinic,” said Tanya Phillips, Jackson Co. Public Health.
Public health officials said we won’t get back to normal unless we have herd immunity.
“If we want to get our economy going let’s get people vaccinated. That’ll make it much safer to loosen the regulations,” said Gov. Brown.
The program starts next week and will run for the next two months. Jackson County Public Health said when this article was published there was plenty of availability this week to get vaccinated for those eligible.
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