ST. LOUIS — The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is teaming up with the Missouri National Guard and Governor Mike Parson's office for a vaccine event at a St. Louis senior apartment complex Thursday.
A press release from the Urban League said the event will be held at the Macler Shepard Senior Apartments in St. Louis' Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood.
The National Guard will have 500 vaccines on hand for the event. They will be administered to residents at the complex.
A spokeswoman for the Urban League said the event came about during a conversation their organization had with the governor’s office regarding reaching the African American community with vaccines. The Urban League suggested starting with elderly people in the community.
This will be the first of three senior living buildings to host a vaccine event in the city. Staff at the three buildings have already identified the residents who will be receiving the vaccines.
The National Guard will return in four weeks to administer second doses.
This will be the first National Guard vaccine event in St. Louis.
According to the state's vaccine dashboard, 6.5% of people in St. Louis have received at least the first dose of the vaccine, and 2.9% of people have received two doses as of Feb. 10.
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