Health department postpones vaccine clinics
February 17, 2021
The Barry County Health Department announced that COVID -19 vaccination clinics have been cancelled for this week.
Mass vaccination clinics scheduled for February 16 and 17 at the Monett Park Casino have been cancelled due to the dangerously cold temperatures and possibility of additional snow, according to information received from the health department and office of emergency management.
The clinics were a planned cooperative event between Barry and Lawrence Counties, the State of Missouri, and the Centers for Disease Control to vaccinate eligible people. Those eligible included residents over 65 years of age, individuals with health conditions that increase the risk of serious illness from COVID, healthcare workers, and first responders. These clinics would have been capable of vaccinating nearly all of the 2,500 eligible people on health department waiting lists for vaccine in Barry and Lawrence Counties, according to Roger Brock,, administrator of the Barry County Health Department, and Janella Spencer, administrator of the Lawrence County Health Department.
They stated that everyone who is currently scheduled to receive a vaccination will be rescheduled for the new dates, which will be announced later this week.
Eligible residents wishing to be placed on the waiting list for future vaccination clinics can call the Barry County Health Department at 417- 847-2114, or the Lawrence County Health Department at 417-466-2201.
The Barry County Health Department announced that COVID -19 vaccination clinics have been cancelled for this week.
Mass vaccination clinics scheduled for February 16 and 17 at the Monett Park Casino have been cancelled due to the dangerously cold temperatures and possibility of additional snow, according to information received from the health department and office of emergency management.
The clinics were a planned cooperative event between Barry and Lawrence Counties, the State of Missouri, and the Centers for Disease Control to vaccinate eligible people. Those eligible included residents over 65 years of age, individuals with health conditions that increase the risk of serious illness from COVID, healthcare workers, and first responders. These clinics would have been capable of vaccinating nearly all of the 2,500 eligible people on health department waiting lists for vaccine in Barry and Lawrence Counties, according to Roger Brock,, administrator of the Barry County Health Department, and Janella Spencer, administrator of the Lawrence County Health Department.
They stated that everyone who is currently scheduled to receive a vaccination will be rescheduled for the new dates, which will be announced later this week.
Eligible residents wishing to be placed on the waiting list for future vaccination clinics can call the Barry County Health Department at 417- 847-2114, or the Lawrence County Health Department at 417-466-2201.