{"id":15832,"date":"2021-11-09T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=15832"},"modified":"2021-11-09T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T14:49:10","slug":"indian-health-service-press-event-anadarko-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2021\/11\/09\/indian-health-service-press-event-anadarko-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Health Service Press Event &#8211; Anadarko, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Indian Health Service COVID-19 Media Event - Anadarko, Oklahoma - November 8, 2021 by indianz\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1156830961&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Anadarko, Oklahoma \u2013- Indian Health Service Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler is visiting sites in the IHS Oklahoma City Area.<\/p>\n<p>On November 8, 2021, she visits the Anadarko Indian Health Center staff and meets with local tribal leaders to <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/indian-health-service-covid-19-media-event-anadarko-oklahoma-november-8-2021\">highlight COVID-19 vaccine availability for 5-11 year olds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Fowler, acting director, IHS<\/p>\n<p>Rear Adm. Greggory Woitte, U.S. Public Health Service, IHS Oklahoma City Area chief medical officer<\/p>\n<p>Terry Hunter, IHS Anadarko facility unit director<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Bobby Gonzalez, Caddo Nation<\/p>\n<p>President Terri Parton, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes<\/p>\n<p>Representative Alice Kassanavoid, Comanche Nation<\/p>\n<p>The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available for children 5-11 years old. The first children vaccinated at the Anadarko Indian Health Center will be on November 8 at 10:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1.73 million vaccine doses have been given to adults and adolescents throughout the Indian health system. More than 440,000 of those vaccines were given to adults and adolescents within the IHS Oklahoma City Area.<\/p>\n<p>The IHS is ensuring that pediatric COVID-19 vaccines are quickly distributed and made conveniently available to children and their families across Indian Country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IHS Acting Director Elizabeth Fowler visited the Anadarko Indian Health Center in Oklahoma today as they began administering <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> vaccines for children 5-11 years old. This is a significant step in the fight against COVID-19, bringing us closer to reaching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CommunityImmunity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CommunityImmunity<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXrktJoGrW\">pic.twitter.com\/yXrktJoGrW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IndianHealthService (@IHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IHSgov\/status\/1457841769601765380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"invisible wp-image-15833\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Fowler\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Health Service hosts a COVID-19 media event in Anadarko, Oklahoma, on November 8, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[850,848,851,853,846,137,14,19,849,847,852,92],"class_list":["post-15832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-institutions","tag-alice-kassanavoid","tag-bobby-gonzalez","tag-caddo","tag-comanche","tag-greggory-woitte","tag-hhs","tag-ihs","tag-oklahoma","tag-terri-parton","tag-terry-hunter","tag-wichita","tag-youth"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/09\/elizabethfowler.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15832"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15838,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15832\/revisions\/15838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}