A month since vaccines were made available in Latah county for all individuals 16 and older, 460,117 Idahoans have been fully vaccinated. 74.1% of vaccines have been administered statewide as of April 26.
Public Health – Idaho North Central District has the fewest distributed and administered doses statewide.
“There’s a couple factors,” PH-INCD Public Information Officer Scott Schlegel said. “We are a very rural county, so our population is a lot lower than some others. The uptake of people willing to take the vaccine is not as high as some of the other districts.”
In the district, 9.5% of the 16-24 year old age group have been completely vaccinated. This compares to 56.5% of the general population.
“We’re right there in line with the other districts,” Schlegel said. “We wish the number were higher, but we are going to continue to offer this and continue to push enough people to get it.”
As of April 26, Gritman Medical Center has administered 89% of their vaccines, 11,259 doses in total.
“We want those numbers to keep going up so we can get to that herd immunity,” Schlegel said. “The side effects have been small, these are safe vaccines.”
Vaccine appointments can be made at Idaho’s vaccination website.
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