CONWAY — As it continues to give the COVID-19 vaccine to hospital staff, Memorial Hospital is working on plans for vaccinating others, but still up in the air are details such as exactly when and where those vaccinations will take place.
As of Jan. 8, 338 hospital employees had received a vaccination, including 73 people who have received both doses of the two-shot series required for the vaccine to be 95 percent effective. Another 60 are scheduled to receive their first shot today.
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