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COVID Brief: Thurs, May 6, 2021 -Vaccine clinic set for Friday at the Homer Harbor Boathouse

City of Homer

This morning on The COVID-19 Brief, Derotha Ferraro from South Peninsula Hospital has the local information on vaccines and COVID tests available at the COVID Care Clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street.

 Nurse Lorne Carroll from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services gives an overview of State and local positivity rates for COVID and answers questions from the listeners and debunks misinformation about masks and their effectiveness.
And, Jenny Carroll from the City of Homer talks about travel guidelines for travelers to and from Alaska.
 

Learn more about COVID-19 tests and vaccines on the SPHwebsite.

Safeway Pharmacy also has vaccine appointments available on their website.

If you are coming in to the COVID Care Center for a COVID-19 test,  if you have any questions about free, walk-in vaccines, or, you just want to talk to SPH's 24-hour COVID Nurse, call (907) 235-0235.

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COVID-19 City of HomerKenai Peninsula Borough School DistrictSouth Peninsual HospitalPegge ErkeneffCOVID 19Jenny CarrollNurse Lorne CarrollDerotha FerarroAlaska Department of Health and Social ServicesCovid BriefCOVID vaccine
Kathleen Gustafson came to Homer in 1999 and has been involved with KBBI since 2003.