Thousands of people packed inside a Paris arena for a concert Saturday as part of a public health experiment to prepare France to host big events again.
East Alabama Medical Center has started winding down its Community Vaccine Clinic amid flagging demand for the Covid-19 vaccine.Â
Monday was the last day for new first-shot appointments to be scheduled, and EAMC plans to shutter the clinic for good on June 14 after all scheduled second doses of the Pfizer vaccine are administered. The clinic will now be open from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. The previously scheduled Saturday date for vaccinations on June 5 has been canceled.Â
âI personally want to thank our community for the support you have given us throughout this pandemic, and specifically for your support of the Community Vaccine Clinic,â said Bruce Zartman, East Alabama Healthâs VP of Support Operations, in a news release. Zartman has overseen the clinic since day one. âWe started giving vaccines to healthcare workers and first responders on December 15 in the EAMC Education Center. As the eligible populations for the vaccine expanded, we
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Nurses at the Hoover Met vaccination site run by the University of Alabama at Birmingham used to vaccinate about 300 people every hour. But on a recent weekday, only 300 people received shots over the course of a nine-hour shift.
Dr. Sarah Nafziger, vice president for clinical support services at UAB, said demand across all its vaccination sites has dropped 75 percent during the last five weeks. Traffic at the Hoover Met drive-through clinic has slowed to a trickle.
Nafziger said the site costs about $1.4 million a month to operate. It will close on May 18 to make way for the SEC Baseball tournament and will not reopen.
East Alabama doctors gear up to vaccinate children 12 and older against COVID-19
East Alabama doctors gear up to vaccinate children 12 and older against COVID-19 By Katie Kamin | May 13, 2021 at 8:33 AM EDT - Updated May 13 at 8:33 AM
PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - Children as young as 12-years-old are eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Now, East Alabama pediatricians are gearing up to vaccinate this younger population.
The FDA has already approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children 12 to 15. Wednesday, a CDC advisory panel, too, officially recommended Pfizer’s shot for this age group.
In Phenix City, Dr. Ritu Chandra, the founder of Preferred Medical Group, is already preparing to start vaccinating younger people.
A year ago, the Auburn community was creeping slowly back into public in limited fashion after a mandatory shutdown kept everybody homebound for everything but the essentials.Â
For more than a month, most businesses were shuttered or severely limited in operation, workers stuck at home for their suddenly-remote jobs, and the streets and public spaces eerily empty.Â
Through the shutdown and in the year since, health care workers never left their posts, working punishing hours, spending much of their time separated from their families while caring for our loved ones, standing in for patientsâ families at the bedside when death came, and celebrating the victory of sending a patient home.Â