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Ellen Niemitalo, Tulsa Health Department Manager, Speaks With KWGS About Equity In Vaccine Efforts

Public Radio Tulsa | By Chris Polansky
Published March 10, 2021 at 11:14 AM CST
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Tulsa Health Department clinical services manager Ellen Niemitalo (left) shortly after giving flu shots to Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum and Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Deborah Gist at a press event on Oct. 13, 2020.
Chris Polansky

Ellen Niemitalo, clinical services manager for the Tulsa Health Department, spoke with Public Radio Tulsa's Chris Polansky by phone on Tuesday about the department's new COVID-19 outreach initiatives to minority communities in partnership with the Oklahoma Caring Foundation / Oklahoma Caring Van.

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Chris Polansky
Chris joined Public Radio Tulsa as a news anchor and reporter in April 2020. He’s a graduate of Hunter College and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, both at the City University of New York.
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