Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – The Ogden City Fire Department is going through their first phase of vaccinations in the battle against COVID-19, in conjunction with the Weber-Morgan Health Department. ABC4’s Northern Utah Correspondent, Jordan Verdaderio gives us an inside look. The Weber-Morgan Health department received the first shipment of the Moderna vaccine last week and began vaccinating staff, volunteers and emergency responders who will work at the clinics. “We started last week so that we could help vaccinate the public,” shares Mike Slater the department fire Chief. Slater says the vaccine isn’t mandatory. 80% of it’s more than 100 first responders have received…

UTAH — A proposed bill in Utah could strengthen the state’s vaccine database to help patients and their doctors learn which vaccines they’ve gotten and when. Currently, data often gets lost in the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System — or it doesn’t get entered at all, said bill sponsor Rep. Ray Ward, R- Bountiful, who is a doctor by trade.