Mobile County educators praise expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility | Coronavirus COVID-19 News
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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Educators Friday praised the decision to qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama.
“We are (Alabama State Health Officer) Dr. Scott Harris very grateful for working with Alabama and the nation to get the vaccines for our public school staff. Even childcare workers are great as many of our teachers naturally need childcare workers to take care of their children. “
The decision announced Friday roughly doubles the number of people allowed to receive vaccines, starting Feb. 8.
UAB opening two larger sites for more COVID-19 vaccinations in Birmingham area
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will open two new sites in coming weeks to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to eligible people in Alabama, said Dr. Sarah Nafziger, vice president of clinical support services at UAB Medicine.
A site at the Hoover Met will open Feb. 2 by appointment for people age 75 and older. Another site at A.H. Parker High School will also open soon. Nafziger said officials at UAB are still working out the details about the Parker High School location.
Both sites will join the health system’s existing drive-through vaccine clinic at UAB Highlands, which has been vaccinating eligible UAB patients against COVID since Jan. 18. UAB announced the additional clinics on the same day Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris announced increased eligibility to some essential workers and people between the ages of 65 and 74. That starts on Feb. 8.
Alabama to get extra 10,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine for next 3 weeks
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris said today Alabama will receive an extra 10,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna for each of the next three weeks.
That’s in addition to what the state usually receives, which is about 50,000 to 60,000 for first doses and generally about 60,000 for second doses.
Harris said he plans to announce on Friday plans to use the extra doses.
“We were very pleased to find out that Alabama is getting, at least for the next three weeks, about 10,000 additional Moderna doses,” Harris said. “So, we’re going to try to deploy those as quickly as we possibly can in a large scale way.”
Auburn University vaccinating employees under 75 Auburn University has begun vaccinating individuals under 75 years old. (Source: WTVM) By WSFA Staff | January 28, 2021 at 3:29 PM CST - Updated January 28 at 4:09 PM
AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - Auburn University has begun vaccinating individuals in its campus community, including employees, under 75 years old.
According to the universityâs COVID Resource Center, Auburn is currently in Phase 1C. Those included in Phase 1C are:
Individuals 1) who are required to be on campus to perform their job duties, and 2) who are unable to consistently maintain physical distancing while at work due to job responsibilities
Other adults with high-risk medical condition as specified by the CDC and/or are age 65 or older that do not fall under 1b.