Friday Update with Mendocino County DOC Manager Bekkie Emery

County Vaccine Events-Tuesday 3/9 First Dose Event at the Ukiah Fairgrounds-Thursday 3/11 Second Dose Event at the Ukiah Fairgrounds-Saturday 3/13 First and Second Dose Event at the Ukiah FairgroundsTo see the schedule and find out how to register, go to https://www.mendocinocounty.org/community/novel-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccinations/vaccination-clinics. Or call: 707-472-2759Adventist Health Vaccine Events-Willits at the Willits High School on Sunday 3/7 details here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040d4eaeac2da3f94-adventist -On the Coast at CV Starr Center in Fort Bragg on Thursday 3/11-Ukiah at the Alex Rohrbaugh Center (ARC) on Wednesday 3/10 (regular weekly event)Follow https://www.facebook.com/ahukiahvalley , https://www.facebook.com/AHMendocinoCoast , https://www.facebook.com/ahhowardmemorial, to be alerted to vaccine appointments via sign up genius.RCMS in Gualala-Event on Saturday 3/6 and ongoing Saturdays. They will contact their patients.MCC in Fort Bragg-Monday March 8, in Fort Bragg, call to make appointment, do not need to be a patient.MCC invites community members who are in the approved tiers to call them to make an appointment (964-1251) or be put on a waitlist if they run out of appointment slots. They are scheduling drive through events with 25 people every 15 minutes. The individual will come to the venue and drive to registration, verify name and date of birth- no ID is necessary. If you are not a patient of Mendocino Coast Clinics, they will gather a little more information from you. The car then proceeds to the vaccine station and then on to a parking spot to be observed for 15 minutes.  Long Valley Health Center in Laytonville-Tuesday 3/9 vaccination event, patients will be notified. if you are not their patient or have not been in the clinic in the past two years, please sign up on their survey monkey (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LVHC_COVID_Vaccine ) or call the health center at (707) 984-6131 ext.114 to be put on their Covid vaccine interest list:County of Mendocino Vaccination numbers-Week of March 1-March 5:  6,500 doses total received from the state.-Total vaccines given by the county so far: 31,180 total shots/22,081 first doses.-31.3% of eligible residents (over 16 years) have rec’d first dose, 13.5% of eligible residents have rec’d both doses