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Beyond the Ozarks

Carroll County Medical Providers Cope with Summer COVID-19 Surge

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published August 9, 2021 at 1:27 PM CDT

The highly infectious Delta variant is spreading in rural Carroll County, where vaccination rates remain low. County medical providers are reaching out to residents to encourage immunizaiton. We learn how ECHO, which operates a charity medical clinic in the county is taking measures, as well as Eureka Springs Hospital, with staff on call to deliver mobile Pfizer shots to families or groups by request.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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