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Star Valley Health Radiographer Ben Skinner receives one of the early COVID-19 vaccinations as part of a nationwide plan to immunize front line health care workers. Ray Rushing, SV Health Population Health Nurse, administered the vaccine to Skinner Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (SVI Photo by Dan Dockstader) ◆ Phase one of immunization now underway. Monday, December 28 Lincoln County Public Health announced that it had received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines. “Per direction from the CDC an...

As of December 29 th, 2020, the Berrien County Health Department (BCHD) has received its initial allotment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses. Frontline staff at the Health Department, including those who will be providing the vaccine to others, began receiving their first doses to prepare for the upcoming mass vaccination efforts. Following guidance set forth by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, the Berrien County Health Department is currently focusing on providing vaccines...

Kalamazoo, MI, USA / WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo | 590 AM · 106.9 FM Dec 29, 2020 2:04 PM Vial of Moderna vaccine, being used by Berrien County Health Department. (Photo courtesy of the Berrien County Health Department). BERRIEN COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Tuesday, the Berrien County Health Department (BCHD) announced that it is received its initial allotment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses. Officials say frontline staff at the Health Department, including those who will be providing the vac...

Hospitals across Illinois have already received a number of vaccines for health care workers.  Before the end of the year a projected total of 507,728 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will have been distributed to frontline health care workers. This includes 187,128 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 320,600 of the Moderna vaccine.  A projected total of 74,100 doses will have been sent to long term care residents and staff by the end of the year. All of those vaccines are Pfizer.  IDPH stres...

FDA Grants Historic Authorization to Covid-19 Vaccine, Setting Stage for Rollout A seminal moment in the effort to curb the pandemic, that has so far infected an estimated 16 million people and killed nearly 300,000 in the United States, the FDA granted the first EUA for a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. The rollout is expected to be complex, and there remain concerns about vaccine makers’ ability to scale up manufacturing to meet demand. Still, distribution of a vaccine less than a year after th...