Hundreds of residents of 5 area nursing homes to be revaccinated for COVID-19 after Gov. DeWine said Walgreens may have improperly stored vaccines
In a statement, Walgreens told 3News the issue apparently stems from mishandled temperatures at their local vaccine distribution hub. Author: Dave Dino DeNatale, Lynna Lai Published: 2:30 PM EST February 2, 2021 Updated: 12:51 AM EST February 3, 2021
CEDARVILLE, Ohio During his COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that some of the doses given by Walgreens to patients at five Northeast Ohio long-term care facilities were not properly stored.
Those patients who received the doses will have to be revaccinated.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development planned to reopen a federal program on Jan. 22 that extends unemployment benefits. Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) is for workers who have used up the state’s 26 weeks of unemployment insurance. The program expired at the end of last year, but was revived by Congress.
With changes from the latest COVID-19 relief bill, those receiving benefits will get additional weeks of eligibility and an extra $300 each week until mid-March.
Other workers, benefiting from regular unemployment insurance, are already getting additional benefits.
The Trump administration’s failure to produce a national stockpile of the COVID-19 vaccine is preventing Indiana from moving its vaccine distribution plan further forward.
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The Trump administration’s failure to produce a national stockpile of the COVID-19 vaccine is preventing Indiana from moving its vaccine distribution plan further forward.
After first prioritizing health care workers, Indiana’s vaccine plan is age-based. Hoosiers 80 and older started scheduling appointments earlier this month. Within days, it moved down a tier, to those 70 and older.
But the next tier was supposed to be 60 and older. Now, it will be Hoosiers at least age 65, said Indiana Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lindsay Weaver.
“Despite being told that additional vaccine would be coming to states, we’ve since learned that there is no national stockpile, Weaver said. Our vaccine allocations have not increased beyond the roughly 78,000 to 80,000 doses we were already expecting each week.”
Those persons with an intellectual or developmental disability and a listed severe congenital, developmental, or early onset conditions will be eligible next week.
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Banner Health Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Marjorie Bessel gives a vaccine to Emily Beck at the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Dec. 17, 2020. Beck is an ICU nurse who has been working with COVID-19 patients.
A listener asked through KJZZ s Q&AZ project why Arizona is recommending COVID-19 vaccinations in Phase 1B for adults aged 75 and older, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and many other states are allowing those aged 65 and older to receive vaccines in Phase 1B.
Federal health officials recently revised guidelines to add people aged 65 to 74 into those eligible for Phase 1B. Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ announced Friday that Arizona is also now recommending counties make adults 65 and older eligible for the vaccine. The state has indicated this population will be able to register for February appointments at the State Farm Stadium site in Glendale and a new vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stad