HUNTINGTON â More than 600 veterans were given the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine this past weekend at the Hershel âWoodyâ Williams Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Huntington.
Five hundred extra doses of the vaccine became available Friday within the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) of which, the VA medical center is a part.
âOur staff went to work immediately,â said Brian Nimmo, medical center director, in a release. âThey called veterans to get them scheduled, got staff coverage lined up, cover other areas of the medical center, etc. It was a very big event that needed a lot of flexibility, coordination, and determination in a short amount of time.â
HUNTINGTON — Ohio will use $50 million in federal pandemic aid dollars to buy 2 million at-home rapid coronavirus tests to help local health departments respond faster to testing needs,
Biden is challenging all Americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his administration. That’s a critical period, since communities will still be vulnerable to the virus