Updated: Friday, December 18, 2020 - 8:05am
Katherine Davis-Young/KJZZ
Banner Health Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Marjorie Bessel gives a vaccine to Emily Beck at the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Dec. 17, 2020. Beck is an ICU nurse who has been working with COVID-19 patients.
Drive-through events are underway in Arizona to vaccinate thousands of health care workers against the coronavirus. Two vaccination sites in Maricopa County opened Thursday. Three more are set to open Monday.
Drive-through events are also beginning this week in Pima County. Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday that he expects all of Arizona s 15 counties will be administering vaccines by next week.
Unity Health doctors among first to receive COVID-19 vaccination thedailycitizen.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thedailycitizen.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 17, 2020
991
Griffin has already started administering the COVID-19 vaccine to staff members and will continue holding vaccination clinics at Griffin Hospital for caregivers. The first to receive the vaccine was Griffin Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Frederick Browne.
Per the State of Connecticut’s plan for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, Griffin Health of Derby will receive 975 doses during the first week of distribution.
Griffin Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Frederick Browne was the first to be vaccinated at Griffin Health. Griffin is making the vaccine available to all of its caregivers. Contributed
Related
First Trident Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine
VIDEO: First Trident Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccine By Patrick Phillips | December 16, 2020 at 3:50 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 5:36 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A critical care nurse became the first Trident Health employee to receive the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 Wednesday afternoon.
Anthony Sims, who has worked for Trident since 2015, received his first dose of the vaccine shortly after 1 p.m.
Trident and Summerville Medical Centers began inoculating their physicians and staff members with the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
Trident Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lee Biggs said more than 95% of the health system’s physicians have said they will get vaccinated as soon as the vaccine is available.
Josh Smith of AdventHealth Translational Research Institute holds up three vials of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, 20,000 doses arrived in Central Florida. (video courtesy AdventHealth)
A FedEx van carrying 20,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Tuesday at AdventHealth’s Translational Research Institute, the crucial first step for Central Florida’s frontline health workers to get vaccinated this week.
The coolers packed with dry ice were brought inside, and the tiny vials were placed in a special freezer that can keep them at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Starting Wednesday, the vaccine will be offered to frontline health care workers in high risk areas, including the COVID intensive care units, the emergency department and those doing surgical procedures.