Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – The COVID-19 vaccine rollout for Weber and Morgan counties gets underway Jan. 5 at the Dee Events Center on the campus of Weber State University. Healthcare workers in non-hospital settings (medical, dental, EMS) are the first priority group to participate in the invitation-only clinics. Similar clinics will continue each week as Utah’s public health system works its way through a timeline for distribution to high-risk groups. Weber-Morgan Health Department receives a limited supply of COVID-19 vaccines each week and will distribute them as quickly as  they arrive. For more information on the timeline see coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine. The health department…

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…