The Peru Gazette

PLATTSBURGH — Clinton and Essex county residents who are not yet eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine under state guidelines but are interested in getting it may now sign up to be on standby lists in case their respective county health departments have extra doses. “This is a proactive approach (Clinton County Health Department) is taking to avoid any vaccine waste,” CCHD Senior Public Health Educator Molly Flynn explained. “Once a vial is drawn up, all of those doses must be used in a timely manner. CCHD has not had any doses go unused to this point, and we want to be sure we can keep it that way.”

CCHD will reach out to residents on the standby list if there are any “extra” doses at one of its clinics, Flynn said.

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