Time for Fall Vaccinations
Author: MT43 News Staff Reporter
Time for Fall Vaccinations
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Covid-19 vaccines have arrived at Broadwater County Health Department, according to Director Ruby Taylor. Nurses will begin giving vaccinations for flu, COVID-19 and its variants and RSV this week.
Those who have signed up by calling in will be served first. Covid-19 vaccines have been difficult to obtain this fall but will be available throughout the fall season. The department only receives a few vaccines at a time. When the clinic staff uses its supply, they order more. The vaccines are time-sensitive so they do not keep. Taylor said the department has abundant flu vaccines available.
Taylor reported that COVID cases have risen around the state so she suspects probably there are more cases in Broadwater County this fall as well. “People are not testing themselves as much now, nor are we getting as many reports,” she said.
CEO Justin Tiffany of Billings Clinic Broadwater reported they had seen an uptick of COVID cases at the clinic, but had not currently seen any COVID-19 cases admitted to the hospital. He reported the clinic has flu vaccines for people to take at the clinic, but patients are referred to Broadwater Health Department for COVID-19 shots.
Shots are given at no cost to the patient who has insurance. COVID-19 vaccines are no longer paid for by the federal government,
To sign up for a COVID-19 or flu vaccination, please call Broadwater Health Department at (406) 266-5209.
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