PHD opens local COVID-19 shot clinics

SANDPOINT — The Panhandle Health District has opened up appointments for its Bonner County COVID-19 vaccine clinics.

Effective immediately, appointments at PHD vaccine clinics will be available to all of phase 1, 2 and 3 groups.

To schedule a vaccination appointment at one of PHD’s vaccine clinics, visit www.panhandlehealthdistrict.org/covid-19/vaccine/ and click the link to schedule an appointment at the clinic nearest you. For those without internet access or anyone having trouble navigating the online scheduling, please call PHD’s COVID-19 hotline for assistance, 877-415-5225. PHD also has vaccine clinics in Kootenai, Benewah, Boundary, and Shoshone counties. Appointments for PHD clinics will be released every Wednesday at 9 a.m.

Gov. Brad Little announced last week that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $39 million to the Idaho Office of Emergency Management to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts throughout the state.

These funds would not be available to Idaho without Gov. Little's active emergency declaration.

“We are in the final lap of the pandemic fight, and the finish line is close,” Little said. “Idaho’s active COVID-19 emergency declaration was critical for Idaho to receive this federal assistance for vaccination centers."