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Mass Covid-19 Vaccination Event Saturday In Bossier City

Courtesy: Chuck Smith / Red River Radio News
Credit Courtesy: Chuck Smith / Red River Radio News
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Courtesy: Chuck Smith / Red River Radio News

LA MASS VACCINATION— The Louisiana Department of Health has announced  the first Mass Vaccination Events using 17,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week.   The  state  is using nearly half its first shipments of the single-dose J & J vaccine at large walk-up and drive-thru immunization events at convention centers, sports stadiums and other community sites.   The largest of the events will be at the Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City where 4,300 doses of the vaccine will be given on Saturday.                

The first of the vaccination events began yesterday in South Louisiana, one at the New Orleans convention center.  Vaccinations are available to people who meet eligibility criteria.  Pre-registration is encouraged, the event at the Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier begins at 9am. For more information go www.ldh.la.gov & search Covid-19 Vaccine News

CLICK: Bossier Mass Vaccination Saturday March 6, 2021

The state of Louisiana's health department has announced there will be several sites throughout the state offering mass vaccinations for Covid-19.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.