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  • -Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • *COVID-19 Vaccination
      • Phases for COVID-19 Vaccination
      • Who is eligible for COVID vaccination?
    • *COVID19 Testing*
    • Business Resources
    • Community Resources
    • Coronavirus Press Releases
    • COVID-19 FAQS and Resources
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    • COVID-19 Guidance for Law Enforcement
    • COVID-19 Symptoms and Risk Assessment Survey
    • COVID-19 Test Results Information
    • COVID19 Vaccination Resources
  • Alcohol and Addiction Programs
    • Cocktail Calculators
    • Community Narcan Training
    • Good Neighbor Project Syringe Service Program
    • Health Promotion Presents Youth & Alcohol Use
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    • Resources for Parents
    • Responsible Beverage Server Training
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    • Flu Vaccinations
    • Worksite Flu Vaccination Clinics
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    • Air Quality
    • Child Care Facility Inspections
    • Cottage Foods
    • Fee Schedule and Forms for Environmental Health Services
    • First District Health Unit Rules and Requirements for Facilities
    • Food Establishment Licensing: Restaurants, Grocery and Convenience Stores, Bars/Taverns, Food Packagers, Bakeries, Meat Markets and Produce Growers
    • Food Safety for Food Service Employees/Certified Food Protection Manager
    • Group Homes
    • Hazardous / Solid Waste
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    • Microblading
    • Nuisances
    • Public Health & Safety
    • Public Portal for Viewing FDHU Inspections of Licensed Establishments
    • Recycling
    • Schools
    • Septic Systems (Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems)
      • Components of a Septic System
      • Homeowner Resources
      • Sewer Contractor Resources
    • Swimming Pool and Spa Rules and Regulations
    • Tanning Regulations
    • Tattooing, Piercing and Permanent Make-Up/Cosmetic Tattooing
    • Water Analysis
    • What to Do After Being Flooded
  • Family Planning Program and Sexual Health
    • Family Planning Program
      • Family Planning Clinic Appointment Forms
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
  • Immunizations
    • Immunization Information For Adult & Children
    • Immunization Records
    • Vaccine Consent Forms
  • Children (Newborn to 18)
    • Car Seats
      • Car Seat Distribution Program
      • Car Seat Resources
      • Child Car Seat Checks
      • Choosing a Car Seat
      • ND Child Passenger Safety Law
    • Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
    • High Priority Infant (HPI)
    • ND Health Tracks
    • Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program (OPOP)
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
    • Resources for Parents
    • School Health Nursing
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • WIC and Nutrition
    • Minot Area Team Wellness
      • Moving More Eating Smarter Wellness Award
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • Senior Citizens
    • Adult Health Promotion
  • Women's Health
    • Family Planning Program
      • Family Planning Clinic Appointment Forms
    • Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program (OPOP)
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
    • Pregnancy Testing
    • Women's Way
    • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC)
  • Tobacco Programs and Resources
    • Local Community Partnerships
    • North Dakota's Smoke-Free Law
    • Quitting Tobacco
      • Baby & Me - Tobacco Free
      • KickStart
      • KICKSTART V - ESCAPE THE VAPE
    • School Tobacco Policy and Resources
    • Special Resources for Pregnant Women
    • Tobacco Industry and Marketing Tactics
    • Tobacco Prevention Resources
    • Tobacco Resources for Medical Providers
    • Youth and Tobacco
  • HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB
    • HIV/AIDS
    • Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
    • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Monthly Newsletters, Education, Resources, and Tips for Healthy Living
    • Education and Resources for Healthy Living
    • Minot Community Resource Guide
    • Newsletter- Your First Step Into Health
    • Resources for Parents
  • Emergency Response
    • Disaster Preparedness at Home
      • Home Emergency Kit Information
    • Emergency Response Preparedness
    • Shelter-in-Place Instructions
    • Ward County Hyper-Reach Brochure
 

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All Programs : -Coronavirus (COVID-19) : Phases for COVID-19 Vaccination

Phases for COVID-19 Vaccination

Phase 1A: Health Care Workers and Long-Term Care Residents

Note:    Local health care providers may transition to the next Phase at different times.

  • First responders (ambulance, fire, and law enforcement)
  • Incident command staff
  • Jail and prison healthcare staff
  • Mortuary service providers
  • School nurses
  • Dentists, dental assistants and hygienists
  • Social workers
  • Case managers
  • Healthcare workers who are not affiliated with another vaccinating agency:
    • COVID-19 vaccinators
    • COVID-19 test specimen collectors
    • Staff of urgent care centers with direct patient contact
    • Acute care clinic staff with direct patient care
    • Home health staff/hospice
    • Medical laboratory staff
    • Patient transport (i.e., dialysis, long term care to hospital)
    • Oral surgeons
    • Other therapists (physical, occupational, speech)
    • Free standing dialysis center staff with direct patient care
    • Free standing inpatient rehabilitation
    • Surveyors/inspectors of healthcare facilities
    • Non-acute care clinics or surgery center staff with direct patient contact
    • Optometrists
    • Psychologists/Psychiatrists
    • Chaplains
    • Other public health workers
    • Chiropractors
    • Naturopaths
    • Mental health workers

Phase 1B: Older individuals, people with underlying health conditions, other congregate settings, child care workers, and employees of preschools and kindergarten through 12th grade

Listed in order of priority:

  • Persons age 75 and older
  • Persons age 65 – 74 with two or more high-risk medical conditions*
  • Staff and persons living in other congregate settings (corrections, group homes, treatment centers, homeless shelters, etc.)
  • Persons age 65 and older with one or more high-risk medical conditions*
  • Persons age 65 and older with or without high-risk medical conditions*
  • Persons with two or more high-risk medical conditions * regardless of age
  • Child care workers
  • Workers employed by preschools or Kindergarten through 12th grade: Teachers, nutritional services, aides, bus drivers, principals, administrative staff, custodians, etc.

Phase 1C: Essential workers and people of any age at increased risk for COVID-19

Listed in order of priority

  • National Guard, not previously covered
  • Workers enabling access to human food (i.e., grocery workers), not including restaurant workers
  • Public safety answering points (911)
  • Manufacturing related to the development or supply of COVID-19 vaccine
  • Other healthcare/public health workers not included in phase 1A
  • Free standing clinical laundries
  • Public transit, including bus, taxi, ride-share
  • Persons age 16 – 64 with one or more high-risk medical conditions*
  • Blood bank workers not previously vaccinated
  • Information Technology
  • All other essential workers per Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)**

* High-risk medical conditions as defined by the CDC: Certain Medical Conditions and Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness | CDC
**Critical Infrastructure/Essential Worker Definition: Individuals identified by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who are unable to work from home. The CISA advisory list identifies workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are typically essential to continued critical infrastructure viability, including staffing operations centers, maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure, operating call centers, working construction, and performing operational functions, among others. It also includes workers who support crucial supply chains and enable functions for critical infrastructure. The industries they support represent, but are not limited to, medical and healthcare, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, and law enforcement.

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