Media Release
FROM: Mary Schell, PIO, Converse County Emergency Management Agency
Phone 358-6880
DATE: Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
Update to Covid Vaccine List and TIER 1b recipient drive thru events:
Converse County Public Health will no longer be utilizing a contact list for the Covid-19 vaccinations and are moving to a First Come First Serve system. The remaining people on our previous list, will be contacted and scheduled in our clinic.
Converse County Public Health continues to receive limited amounts of vaccine and will be hosting a series drive thru events in Douglas and Glenrock that will be advertised in the newspaper, on the radio, and on Facebook. Those events will be specific to a tier level, and will be first come first serve. The current Tier level that is being vaccinated for Converse County is: 1b.
This Tier includes critical populations of:
- Persons 70 years of age or older, and
- Frontline essential workers who must interact with the public and are unable to consistently physically distance from others.
Please find the expanded definitions of the tiers at this address: https://health.wyo.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2020/12/WDH_Phase-1a-and-1b-COVID-19-VaccinationPriorities_12.30.20.pdf.
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Event Announcement:
70 and over Covid-19 Vaccine drive through event.
Friday, January 29, 2021 at 9 AM MST – 6 PM MST
Wyoming State Fairgrounds
Converse County Public Health
The 70 and over Covid-19 Vaccine drive through Covid-19 vaccination event will be held on Friday January 29th for Converse County residents that are 70 years of age and over that have not received their first Covid-19 shot. Enter at the gate on Brownfield Road and follow the signs. This is a first come first serve event. Please bring identification for age verification.
Please watch for more information about when and where vaccine is available
For more information about STATEWIDE cases, please follow this link:
https://health.wyo.gov/publichealth/infectious-disease-epidemiology-unit/disease/novel-coronavirus/covid-19-map-and-statistics/
For more information regarding COVID-19 can be found at:
the Converse County Government website:
https://conversecounty.org/473/COVID-19
Converse County Emergency Management Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Converse-County-Emergency-Management-121916527891193/
Converse County Public Health Department Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/conversecountypublichealth/
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