Mahaska County Public Health Director Patty Malloy gives the No Coast Network an update on COVID-19 vaccines in the county.

“Vaccine distribution is going well.  We’re in the phase IB, which is our 65 and older population.  And then we’re working through the different tiers.  Tier I was our first responders, teachers, firefighters, preschool and child care workers.  And now we’re into the Tier II, so we have some of those food, agriculture, distribution and manufacturing (jobs)…if they work in an area where they can’t social distance.”

Malloy also says she doesn’t know when doses of the new Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine will be coming to Mahaska County.