vaccination
UNC Health Increases Vaccination Efforts, Rolls Out Moderna Vaccine
https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2021/January/19/Pfizer%20vs%20Moderna_WRAP.mp3 On Tuesday, UNC Health distributed 850 vaccines to residents at the Friday Center – the largest vaccination clinic in Orange County. The Friday Center has been hosting vaccination clinics six days a week since distribution began last Monday. The Friday Center is just one of UNC Health’s 17 vaccination sites across the state …
Waco-McLennan County Public Health District to hold free COVID vaccination clinic next week
The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District will be holding a free vaccination clinic next week for eligible people. The health district has received an allotment of 1,500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of the of the State’s Vaccination Hub program. The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District says supply continues to be very …
Public health officials pushing for faster vaccination
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — It has been four weeks since the first doses of Pfizer-BioTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in California. Last week the first second dose of that vaccine were administered at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. On Tuesday the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services, Dr. Mark Ghaly, said 99,000 Californians have …
Baptist Health: Members of the public in Kentucky mistakenly allowed to sign up for Covid-19 vaccination appointments
Baptist Health provided the Kentucky Department of Health with an online vaccine appointment scheduling tool that could be linked to the state’s vaccine website for health care workers, Kit Fullenlove Barry, Baptist Health public relations manager, said in a statement to CNN Monday. The state website linked to a page that outlined that vaccines are …
Health district halts new COVID-19 vaccination appointments | Breaking
The Coastal Health District announced Monday that it has temporarily stopped taking COVID-19 vaccination appointments due to an “overwhelming response” from people in the expanded Phase 1A category. In less than a week of taking appointments, health departments in the eight-county health district, which includes Glynn, Camden, McIntosh, Liberty, Long, Bryan, Chatham and Effingham counties, …
Coronavirus live news: England mass vaccination sites to open; global cases pass 90m | World news
India aims to begin vaccinating its 1.3 billion people against coronavirus from Saturday, a colossal and complex task compounded by safety worries, shaky infrastructure and public scepticism, AFP reports. In one of the world’s biggest rollouts, the planet’s second-most populous nation hopes to inoculate 300 million people – equal almost to the entire US population …
Health Department gearing up to distribute second round of vaccine | Hamblen County Coronavirus News
The second round of vaccinations will soon be coming up and health departments across the state are gearing up for it. “That’s top priority,” said Sherrie Montgomery, director of the Hamblen County Health Department. “It has to be.” The Tennessee Department of Health announced Friday that it would be changing how it does business, as …
URMC: Primary care patients 75 years and older will be contacted by phone to arrange vaccination
WHECTV Updated: January 09, 2021 08:51 AM Created: January 09, 2021 08:32 AM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Starting Monday, New York State is expanding the number of people eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine. These are the people included in phase 1B that includes people …
Gallatin County health officials raise questions about new state vaccine plan | Coronavirus
By Perrin Stein Local public health officials have raised concerns about recent revisions to the state’s vaccine distribution plan , which prioritizes people over 70 and those between ages 16 and 69 with specific underlying health conditions over some essential workers and those living in group settings. The vaccination of older and more vulnerable Montanans …
Miami’s Jackson Health System to Begin Offering COVID Vaccination Appointments – NBC 6 South Florida
Miami’s Jackson Health System will begin offering appointments to the public for COVID-19 vaccinations. Jackson Health’s online portal for registration will open Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. with about 2,000 daily appointments available, with priority going to senior citizens. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the portal during a news conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital Monday. …
