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Lane hospitals to receive Oregon COVID-19 vaccine later this week Jordyn Brown and Tracy Loew, Register-Guard
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The COVID-19 vaccination arrived in Oregon over the weekend, and Lane County hospitals will receive their first deliveries of it later this week.
There were 35,100 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Oregon, according to an Oregon Health Authority news release Monday. Of those, 10,725 will go to skilled nursing facilities for vaccinations scheduled to start next week.
Legacy Health s locations in Portland and Tualatin were the first to get the vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. Legacy Health s Holladay Park site in Portland and Meridian Park site in Tualatin each received one package of 975 doses Monday morning.
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The vast majority of nursing homes in the United States won t start vaccinating staff and residents against COVID-19 until Dec. 21, and some won t start until Dec. 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Monday s rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine brought confusion nationwide as it became clear most long-term care facilities and nursing homes were not taking part in the initial immunizations, despite the CDC s decision last week to include residents in the first phase of distribution.
2020/12/14 21:00 Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage,. Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool) Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo man. Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Published Mon Dec 14 2020 17:18:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) by Sofia Rudin
Rhode Island’s largest hospital system, Lifespan, started vaccinating staff against the coronavirus on Monday.
Rhode Island Hospital and Newport Hospital each received about 1,000 doses of the Pfizer-BiotNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Lifespan said.
Lifespan officials said they began inoculating employees at Rhode Island Hospital that afternoon, including housekeeping, nursing, respiratory therapy, intensive care, and emergency medicine staff who have direct contact with COVID-positive patients and materials. The hospital group plans to hold vaccination events at Newport Hospital and The Miriam Hospital on Tuesday, and at Bradley Hospital on Wednesday.