vaccinations

The Missoula City County Health Department is urging residents to ‘dust off their masks’ and start wearing them again, due to an alarming rise in new COVID 19 cases, the most since the spring.

Those age 12 and up can get immunized.

Another boost for COVID-19 efforts.

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte announced an aggressive schedule to open up all in the state to be vaccinated for COVID 19 starting on April 1

Missoula’s Granite Pharmacy will be vaccinating all Missoula County Public School teachers and staff this week, according to MCPS Public Information Officer Hatton Littman.

Despite the fact that the Montana DPHHS and Greg Gianforte plan to begin vaccinating those in Phase 1 B Plus begins on Monday, it may be several weeks before Missoula can join in

Another flight to deliver vaccines in Montana.

Doctoral students in the UM School of Pharmacy help with inoculations.

Recently, KGVO spoke to Jim Murphy with Montana DPHHS about the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, in which some selected local pharmacies will eventually be providing COVID 19 vaccinations.

Jim Murphy, Administrator of the State DPHHS Public safety Division told KGVO News on Friday that the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program is beginning to expand access to vaccines in Montana.