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RAW: First COVID-19 vaccine shipment arrives at Utah Valley Hospital
SALT LAKE CITY Two Utah hospitals received the first round of COVID-19 vaccine doses and will begin to administer the vaccine Tuesday, Intermountain Healthcare officials said Monday.
The vaccine has already arrived at Intermountain s LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, said Dr. Kristin Dascomb, Intermountain Healthcare medical director of infection prevention for employee health.
Intermountain Healthcare officials originally said Monday morning that they believed the vaccine would be administered to health care workers Wednesday afternoon but adjusted that timetable Monday evening to Tuesday afternoon as a result of progress in scheduling caregivers. The first vaccinations will take place at LDS Hospital.
âAn overwhelming dayâ as health care workers receive Utahâs first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Receiving the vaccine, one nurse said, âis going to help me treat my patients with more kindness and hope.â
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nurse Sophie Woodbury, state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn, and nurses Monte Roberts, Amanda Vicchrilli and William Brunt pose for a photo after the first Covid-19 vaccines were administered to the four nurses at LDS Hospital, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. | Updated: Dec. 16, 2020, 3:05 p.m.
Intensive care unit nurse Christy Mulder became the first Utahn to receive a shot of COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, as health care workers were at the front of the line for the stateâs first shipments.
The first shipment of COVID-19 has reached Utah, but it may be a short while until the vaccine reaches Tooele County.
The first vaccine shipment was designated for hospitals in the state that provide care for the highest numbers of COVID-19 patients, according to the Department of Health’s vaccination plan.
Those hospitals were: LDS Hospital and University Hospital in Salt Lake City, Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, and the Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George.
Tooele County’s hospitals should receive the vaccine later this week and the Tooele County Health Department expects to receive the vaccine before the end of the year, according to Amy Bate, Tooele County Health Department public information officer.
John Roark, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Utah, with hospital health care workers now set to receive the first doses Tuesday at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Monday morning, after the first shipments to Utah were delivered to LDS Hospital and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Intermountain Healthcare officials said it would take until Wednesday before any shots would be administered because of the time needed to schedule appointments and prepare staff.
But by Monday evening, Intermountain Healthcare issued a statement saying “thanks to progress in scheduling caregivers on Monday, the vaccine team was able to push that up and will begin vaccinations on Tuesday.” A virtual news conference has been scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, after the vaccines have been given.