Jamestown  (CVHD)   Health District in Jamestown is offering coronavirus booster shots to those who are “severely immunosuppressed” while making plans to offer the booster shots to others later this fall.

Unit Administrator, Robin Iszler says, individuals with an impaired immune system make up about 2.7% of the American population or about 7 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  In Stutsman County, 55.1% of the population has received at least one coronavirus vaccine shot.  This compares to a one-dose coverage rate of 51% for all of North Dakota.

Robin adds, “Right now, that is the only group of people we are vaccinating,” she said, referring to the booster shot. We are not vaccinating any other group other than those with immune response issues.”

Booster shots for individuals in other groups could follow in September.  Priority order for the booster shot will likely be similar to the order used for the distribution of the original vaccines with medical staff and first responders first followed by residents of nursing homes and the general public in age order.