Oklahoma to open up COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers, colleges and daycares

Most Oklahomans will soon be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine.

Beginning Tuesday, Oklahoma will expand vaccination eligibility to teachers, students and school staff outside of preK-12, including childcare facilities, state health officials announced during a virtual news conference on Monday afternoon. Staff and students of universities and vocational technology centers are included in that group.

Thousands of essential workers will also become eligible.

The groups join Oklahoma’s growing list of people who are currently able to be vaccinated, such as health care workers, people over 65, those with comorbidities and preK-12 teachers. The newly-eligible groups will kick off Phase 3 of the state’s four-phase vaccine distribution plan.

In Phase 4, all Oklahomans will be eligible.

Read more: https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-to-open-up-covid-19-vaccine-to-essential-workers-colleges-and-daycares/