Lee Health: Stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations
Lee Health officials on Feb. 7 said in Lee County, roughly 64 percent of vaccine-eligible individuals are fully vaccinated while 24.7 percent are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Lee Health officials in an email encouraged the public to stay up to date on their COVID vaccines.
“Being up to date on your vaccine means receiving all recommended doses of the vaccine, including booster dose(s) when eligible,” Lee Health spokesperson Jonathon Little said. “This differs from being fully vaccinated which means completing the primary series of COVID-19 vaccines.”
Since the start of 2022, 110 people have lost their lives from COVID in Lee Health hospitals, and the system has averaged more than 200 COVID patients per day.
“Our community’s low prevalence of being up to date on vaccination contributed to these high occupancy rates and loss of life,” Little said. “By bringing yourself up to date today, if eligible, you are helping keep our community safe and contributing to stopping the further spread of COVID-19.”
LEE TELEHEALTH
Officials added that Lee TeleHealth is currently free and an easy alternative to avoid longer than normal wait times at urgent care centers.
Lee Health is making the service free for community members so they can utilize urgent care telehealth services from the comfort of their homes. The option allows anyone with non-life-threatening COVID-19 symptoms to avoid long COVID-19 testing lines, Lee Convenient Care locations and the emergency department. Lee Health emergency departments are not designated COVID-19 testing locations. The normal cost of a visit is $49.
“Lee TeleHealth is an on-demand medical service that connects patients directly with a physician or advanced provider and is available 24/7,” officials said. “All you need to use Lee TeleHealth is a smartphone, tablet or a computer with a webcam.”
To access Lee Telehealth, download the Lee Health app or visit www.LeeTelehealth.org.
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