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Weber County delays vaccine appointments until next week, cites national weather crisis

UPDATED: FEBRUARY 17, 2021 AT 6:01 PM

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BY SAIGE MILLER
KSLNewsRadio

WEBER COUNTY — Utahns planning to get their COVID-19 vaccine in Weber County on Thursday of this week (Feb. 18) will have to wait until Monday, Feb. 22 instead.

The Weber County delays are due to the severe weather impacting the majority of the nation, vaccine shipments to the Weber-Morgan Health Department have been delayed.

The county said Wednesday around 700 appointments will be rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 22. All of the new appointments will be at the same time as originally scheduled. The Dee Events Center on the Weber State University campus remains the vaccinate site.

Weber County said it will notify clinic participants of the change via telephone or email.

According to the state of Utah’s coronavirus tracking webpage, Weber County is considered to have a “very high” rate of COVID-19 infections. The county has reported 27,199 positive cases of the virus. And nearly 170 residents of Weber County have died due to COVID-19.

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