Vaccination Update and Concerns Dr. Scott Harris with the latest Alabama vaccine update By Alan Collins | February 25, 2021 at 6:18 PM CST - Updated February 25 at 6:18 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Today Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris announced Alabama will be seeing an increase in COVID 19 vaccines coming to the state as more healthcare providers are coming online to give the shots.
Right now healthcare workers, first responders, teachers, those in the food industry and those 65 and older are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine,
The vaccine dashboard from ADPH shows there are more than a million doses in the state and 839,000 have been given. That’s about 77% of the allotment. The other doses have been allocated out. Dr. Harris said the state will be getting between 90-to-100,000 doses each week. The Retail Pharmacy program will be sending additional doses to Walmart and CVS.