A “travel team” from St. Luke’s Lehighton Campus gave COVID-19 vaccination shots to homebound people in Carbon County over the past two weeks.

Hospital Chief Operating Officer Joe Pinto said, “We took shots to people who are most vulnerable in our community, the medically homebound.”

St. Luke’s worked with the Carbon County Agency on Aging to identify and contact possible recipients to offer them the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The team consisted of a nurse, pharmacist and several other key employees including registration and administrative, who prepared the vaccine, scheduled visits and ultimately went to the home of each person to administer the vaccine.

“Because of St. Luke’s commitment to the health and wellness of our community, we want to put the vaccine in as many arms as possible to do our part to get us back to normal,” Pinto said.

He added that the hospital’s drive-up vaccination program, which has provided upward of 10,000 shots to community members, will continue as long as needed.