Flathead County getting additional 1,000 vaccine doses
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead County received an auxiliary shipment of 1,000 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, the Flathead City-County Health Department announced Tuesday afternoon. This shipment is in addition to the regular weekly allotment of 1,000 vaccine received, and will provide enough doses to vaccinate roughly 2% of county residents this week.
In order to distribute the vaccine as expediently as possible, the local health department, in partnership with Kalispell Regional Healthcare, will administer the additional 1,000 doses at a vaccine clinic on Feb. 12 at the Flathead County Fairgrounds.
The clinic will be appointment-only for individuals in Tier 1B and will be held in addition to the regularly scheduled vaccine clinics occurring on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Kalispell Regional Healthcare staff will assist by calling individuals based on current placement on the COVID-19 vaccine waitlist and scheduling appointments.
To help the schedulers be most efficient, please answer phone calls from local numbers if you are on the list and are awaiting a scheduling call. If you are interested in getting on the list to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, please call 406-751-8119 or visit https://flatheadhealth.org/covid-19-vaccine/.
“I’m proud of the way our health-care community has come together to serve our region during this pandemic, and vaccine distribution is no exception.” Kalispell Regional Chief Nursing Officer Ryan Pitts said in a press release. “We’re glad that we can support the FCCHD by providing staff and other resources to help with the vaccine clinics. It really is a team effort.”
Information about vaccine distribution may change rapidly. For updated weekly information, visit the Flathead City-County Health Department COVID-19 Vaccine website.
“We are committed to distributing vaccine as efficiently as possible, and this clinic provides an additional opportunity to vaccinate our community’s most vulnerable,” City-County Health Officer Joe Russell said.