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Slow Pace of Covid-19 Vaccinations

Slow Pace of Covid-19 Vaccinations

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South Dakota is in the top three states nationally in the percentage of Covid-19 vaccines distributed. There are still frustrations with the slow pace of immunizations.
Liz Healy, infection control specialist with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says the state Department of Health is working to even out the distribution..

Healy says its difficult to plan for any type of vaccination clinic..

Healy says they are in frequent contact with the Health Department…

The state reports over seventy-five thousand doses have been given to over fifty eight thousand people so far, with about seventeen thousand people getting the double dose.

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