State health officials outline plan for COVID-19 vaccine
As some of the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are being administered in the state, health officials are outlining who will receive it. State Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon said Wednesday that the state has received 78-hundred doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week and is scheduled to receive 14-thousand-600 doses of the Moderna vaccine next week. She said that they are working with healthcare partners across the state in administering these doses.
Malsam-Rysdon said that the next priority group during this first phase is long-term care residents, and then other healthcare workers, first responders, and law enforcement. She said the state has a chart outlining the priority groups for the COVID-19 vaccine. Malsam-Rysdon said those who receive the first dose of the vaccine will then receive a second dose within 21-to-28 days. She said that people need to be assured that the vaccine is safe.
State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton said that even though the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to be administered in the state, people need to continue to take all the necessary precautions.
More information on the vaccine priority groups can be found below.
