January 28, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
COVID-19 vaccinations continue to be given on Fridays at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, and SWOSU faculty and students from the College of Pharmacy, School of Nursing and School of Allied Health—as well as many volunteers from SWOSU— have been assisting with the Oklahoma State Department of Health clinics.
According to SWOSU College of Pharmacy Rural Health Center Coordinator Randy Curry, a combined 2,416 individuals have received the first round of shots dating back to the first clinic that took place on January 8.
Around 1,000 vaccines are expected to be given during tomorrow’s (January 29) clinic.
All clinics are being held at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on the SWOSU campus, which was approved and set up as a point of distribution. The vaccinations being given now at SWOSU are for people in phase 2 of the state’s 4-phase plan.
All appointments are set up through the online portal of the Oklahoma State Department of Health at vaccinate.oklahoma.gov. The clinics should continue Fridays for several months.
Curry encourages everyone to sign up on the OSDH scheduler, and it will place everyone in the appropriate category for vaccines. It is his understanding that appointments open seven days in advance, depending on the amount of vaccine coming from the federal government.
Residents coming to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center should enter through the west doors. Appointments are required. Masks and social distancing are also required.
