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With the supply of COVID vaccine increasing locally, area providers are looking for help in getting shots in arms.

Both Linn County and Samaritan Health have issued calls for help – volunteers for the county’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center and paid staffers for Samaritan.

Although the county clinics are going well as officials make daily adjustments to fit the circumstances, Health Director Todd Noble said more volunteers will be needed as the county’s share of vaccine doses increases.

Noble added that 95% of the operation is staffed by volunteer...