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TexasTowelie

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Sun May 9, 2021, 08:37 PM May 2021

Guam Public Health: No COVID-19 vaccines have gone to waste

Department of Public Health and Social Services spokeswoman Janela Carerra said no vaccine has been wasted, even with the slower turnout at clinics.

With more than 50% of the island's population fully immunized against COVID-19, the vaccine clinics being held around Guam are seeing fewer people coming to get a shot.

Demand for the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine has decreased in recent weeks, according to Capt. Denise Chargualaf, task force medical commander for Joint Task Force 671 with the Guam National Guard.

She said some think they no longer need the vaccine because Guam met its "path to half," meaning at least 50% of the adult population have received the coronavirus vaccine.

Read more: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2021/05/09/public-health-no-covid-19-vaccines-have-gone-waste/4967784001/
(Guam Pacific Daily News)

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