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York County EMTs receive first round of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Members of the public are asked to avoid calling their local fire department with inquiries regarding vaccine availability. Author: Griffin Stockford (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:44 PM EST December 23, 2020 Updated: 12:46 PM EST December 23, 2020
ALFRED, Maine On Wednesday, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in York County began receiving initial doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The York County Incident Management Team (IMT) has been planning for the arrival of the vaccine and has put in place a structure aimed at ensuring rapid delivery of the vaccine to all York County EMTs, a group included on Phase 1A of vaccine delivery as recommended by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
York County first responders receive first round of Moderna coronavirus vaccine Share Updated: 1:32 PM EST Dec 23, 2020
York County first responders receive first round of Moderna coronavirus vaccine Share Updated: 1:32 PM EST Dec 23, 2020
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Show Transcript AND RUN YOUR GENERATOR OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR DOORS.. NEW AT NOON DOZENS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, RECEIVING THE FIRST DOSE OF THE MODERNA VACCINE IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH THIS MORNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 100 DOSES OF THE VACCINE.. TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR TEAM AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN NEIGHBORING TOWNS. SHOTS WERE ADMINISTERED AT THE OOB FIRE STATION. THE CHIEF SAYS THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE VACCINE TO MORE THAN 500 POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS IN YORK COUNTY.. WHO WORK IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS EVERY DAY. CHIEF FRED LAMONTAGNE / OOB FIRE DEPARTMENT 4:52 BY VACCINATING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS PERSONNEL IT TAKES THAT EXTRA CH
OOB, Kennebunk, Sanford, York County to administer COVID-19 vaccine to licensed EMTs This is an unprecedented undertaking and if everyone is patient, it will go very smoothly, Old Orchard Beach Fire Chief Fred LaMontagne said.
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Three local fire and EMS departments have been selected to administer COVID-19 vaccines, once approved, to EMS personnel county-wide and are coordinating plans with York County EMA. In this May photo, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, receives an injection.
University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP
There are many details and plans yet to work out, but three York County Fire and EMS agencies have been notified by the Maine Centers for Disease Control they have been selected to administer COVID-19 vaccines to their licensed peers throughout the county.