News Release:  Jamestown  (CVHD)  – Central Valley Health District (CVHD) reports that they have provided 936 COVID vaccinations since the vaccine first arrived on December 22, 2020. Robin Iszler, Unit Administrator, reports the CVHD team have been working very hard to provide the vaccinations
out to the community as soon as it arrives. “We schedule clinics and begin calling people as soon as we have vaccine in the door of our facility,” reports Iszler.

Central Valley Health has established an interest survey that collects names of those interested in
COVID vaccine and also determines which priority group they are eligible for.

The survey is available on the CVHD website at www.centralvalleyhealth.org  . To date, CVHD has collected over 900 responses of those interested in the COVID vaccine from Stutsman and Logan
Counties. Of those 900 interested, over 350 are over the age of 75.

Once the vaccine arrives, CVHD will begin calling those on the list in order of signing up on the
interest survey while following the priority group guidance. Participants will then be invited to
make an appointment at a vaccination clinic. Appointments at the vaccination clinics will be
required to enter the facility. Locations of the vaccinations may change depending on availability of the facility and those wishing to be vaccinated will be notified of the location.

CVHD began administering the second doses of the Moderna vaccine to priority group Phase 1A
this past week, which includes frontline healthcare workers, first responders, and long-term care
residents and staff. “Those who received vaccine the week of December 22 were due for the
second dose this week,” says Iszler. Moderna vaccine requires a second dose, due 28 days after
the first dose. Next week CVHD anticipates the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine for second doses for
those vaccinated in Phase 1A. Pfizer vaccine second does are due 21 days following the first
dose.

Iszler says they are expecting to be very busy vaccinating next week. “We have a lot to
coordinate in the next week as we have both types of vaccine coming for first and second doses,”
She says  CVHD will be receiving 300 doses of Moderna vaccine the week of January 25 for
first doses for those in priority group Phase 1B, specifically those 75 and older. “In addition to
the second dose clinics, we will also be working to coordinate a first dose vaccination clinic for
those in Phase 1B. We are very excited to offer vaccinations to those are have been waiting,” expresses Iszler.