Health, state leaders ask for patience on COVID-19 vaccine By Courtney Chandler | January 12, 2021 at 10:48 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 10:48 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - State Health Officer Scott Harris says the state does not have the supply to meet the demand for the COVID-19 vaccine.
“We know everybody who needs one is going to get one sometime but it’s just not there yet,” Harris said.
There are 40,000 to 50,000 shots are being administered a week. Around 88,000 doses have been given from the 270,000 that has been allotted so far.
State leaders are asking residents to remain patient.
“I want my constituents to know that we are very much in the midst of this pandemic still and while help is on the way, you got to inform yourself about these vaccines so you can make decision for yourself and your family members,” Alabama 7th District Rep. Terri Sewell said.
Nearly a third of Alabama’s COVID cases came in December: ‘We are going to see even worse numbers’
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East Alabama Medical Center nurse Abby Smith works on a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. The medical center faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)AP
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Alabama notched almost a third of its coronavirus cases in December, an alarming bulge that echoed the warnings of medical experts who said the state would see some dark days before the widespread availability of a vaccine to fight the pandemic.
State superintendent gives update on teacher vaccination plan
State superintendent gives update on teacher vaccination plan By Ashley Bowerman | December 31, 2020 at 9:33 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 10:25 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - State leaders are coming up with a vaccination plan for teachers after the CDC approved recommendations that teachers, support staff and child care workers be among the next round of essential workers to get vaccinated.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided last week that Phase 1b will include people 75 and older and “front-line essential workers”.
The plan defines front-line essential workers as “workers who are in sectors essential to the functioning of society and are at substantially higher risk of exposure to SARS-CoV-2.”