Live in Louisville? Hereâs how you can get the COVID-19 vaccine early Share Updated: 12:07 PM EST Jan 7, 2021 Share Updated: 12:07 PM EST Jan 7, 2021 Louisvilleâs newly formed Vaccine Distribution Task Force met Wednesday for the first time. As task force members work out logistics for the mass rollout, the team is already calling for volunteers.Those who volunteer will be offered a big incentive from the Department of Health and Wellness. Those who put in 40 volunteer hours or more will be fast-tracked to get the vaccine early.âWe need about 100 volunteers a day,â Mayor Greg Fischer said Tuesday. âI understand we have several weeks of them already booked, and you donât have to be medical personnel or have a pharmacy background to volunteer. The city is hoping to fill positions like greeters, check-in staff, support staff and people to observe patients at Broadbent Arena, while licensed clinicians who volunteer will be tasked
Paramedics anxious about wait for COVID-19 vaccine
by Shauna Hunt, News Staff
Posted Dec 30, 2020 5:14 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 30, 2020 at 7:29 pm EDT
As Ontarians learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, paramedics are voicing frustration over when they will line up to get the shot.
“I can’t count how many COVID-19 calls I’ve been on, to be honest with you,” says Vanessa Vis, a paramedic in Halton Region. Vis has been on the frontlines of the pandemic from the very start. She is also the president of Halton Paramedic union OPSEU Local 207.
“This second wave has definitely hit hard and we are definitely seeing the results of it,” she says.
Last Updated: Dec 30, 2020 1:43 PM
The Province has released an ethical framework outlining how they are making decisions during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout.
Equity, Fairness, Public Trust, Minimizing Harm and Maximising Benefits all top the lists of concerns.
Dr. Maxwell Smith, a bioethicist with the Vaccine Distribution Task Force, says the framework is necessary so everyone understands how decisions are being reached.
“And so by making this ethical framework public at this point – it’s still December of 2020 – we are putting the principle of transparency into action by explaining the key values and considerations that will guide vaccine distribution decisions,” he said,
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The first of 40 million doses will arrive from Moderna “in the coming days,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a daily press briefing, while also announcing “more good news” regarding the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Following its approval on Dec. 9 and the initial rollout, Trudeau announced an additional 250,000 doses will arrive from Pfizer next month, with almost 751,000 Pfizer vaccine doses available next month, and a combined 1.2 million doses delivered by both manufacturers by the end of January, the prime minister said.
Trudeau also announced $70 million in funding for the Canadian Red Cross, with half going to testing assistance response teams, and the other half to crisis management teams.
First hour: Understanding COVID-19 vaccine science and distribution
Second hour: Exploring the region during the pandemic winter
New York is in its second week of administering COVID-19 vaccines to people in Phase 1 of the process. Do you have questions about the vaccines or what you need to know when it’s your turn? This hour, we re joined by two local experts who have been at the forefront of the national and local coronavirus response. They answer your questions about vaccine science, distribution, timelines, and more. Our guests:
Dr. Nancy Bennett, director of the Center for Community Health and Prevention, and co-director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center, who last week was tapped to co-lead Monroe County’s Vaccine Distribution Task Force