March 9, 2021
By News Director Jared Atha
With Oklahoma shifting to Phase 3 of its COVID-19 vaccination roll out plan, officials in western Oklahoma encourage those who are eligible to receive the vaccine to do so as soon as possible.
Oklahoma State Department of Health District 5 Regional Director Brandi Combs says with Phase 3 enabled, that leaves a small amount of Oklahomans left who are not eligible to receive the vaccine.
Combs says point of distribution clinics in Beckham County are still being held in both Elk City and Sayre on a weekly basis. In Elk City the clinics are held every Thursday at the First Baptist Church and at the SWOSU gymnasium in Sayre every Monday. Both clinics begin at noon.
Currently, Oklahoma ranks 7th in the nation in administering vaccines with just over 368,000 Oklahoma residents fully inoculated. Combs says at least 60% of the state’s 65 and older population has received at least the first round of the vaccine.
SWOSU President Randy Beutler issued a statement on Tuesday, encouraging all university students, faculty, and staff to schedule an appointment to get the vaccine as well. In the statement, Beutler said “the school is planning for normal operations in the fall, and getting vaccinated is a step everyone can take to help make that possible.”
SWOSU has been holding vaccination clinics inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center on the Weatherford campus on Fridays.
Schedule an appointment here: https://vaccinate.oklahoma.gov/en-US/
