MONTGOMERY COUNTY THURSDAY ALWAYS FEB. 4, 2021 CLEAN AND 20 PAGES NEWSY! $1.00 PER ISSUE Githens Medical providers collaborate on COVID-19 hired as tact workers who are critical to the Local medical providers COVID-19 medical care, school teach- conduct first-ever mass ers and staffs, and all remaining unvaccinated persons from the first USD 447 vaccine clinic on Wednesday phase. The third phase of the schedule, BY ANDY TAYLOR which is slated to begin in March and top chief
[email protected] continue through late April or May, INDEPENDENCE — Medical pro- will target all persons age 16-64 who CHERRYVALE — A product viders throughout Montgomery Coun- have severe medical issues, all other of Cherryvale-Thayer school ty put their collective efforts in motion critical workers, and all remaining system will return to his on Wednesday with a mass inocula- unvaccinated persons from the previ- hometown to serve as the tion clinic at the Independence Civic ous phase. USD 447 superintendent. Center. The fourth and fifth phases, will At a special meeting of the The event marked the first time target all remaining population USD 447 Board of Educa- since the rollout of the COVID-19 vac- groups. tion on Monday, the board cines for multiple medical providers Because the datelines of the vac- approved a job agreement to pool their resources in achieving cine schedule are based on vaccine with Travis Githens to serve the administration of dozens of vac- availability, the schedules may change as the school superintendent cines at one site. over the course of the vaccine distri- effective July 1.