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A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is drawn into a syringe, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, on the 12th floor of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa.
Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP Pharmacies question nursing home vaccine plans
By Linh Ta
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 18, 2020
Dec 18, 2020
A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is drawn into a syringe, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, on the 12th floor of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP
This story was originally published by the Iowa Capital Dispatch, and can be read on their website here.
Officials say they ve received little word from commercial partners on timeline
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan shakes a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine before drawing a dose for a health care worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Monday. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Resident support specialist Abbie Zimmerman leads resident Faye Duncan, 93, to visit with family members in an entryway separate from the main halls at Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Administrator Andy Maas talks with an employee in the halls at Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Iowa projection cut 20 percent; White House downplays risks
On the first day the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out in the nation, staff nurse Rachel Lewis draws a dose Monday for a nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. According to figures released Thursday, the state has been told to expect nearly 20 percent fewer doses of the Pfizer and a second vaccine by Moderna than projected just days ago. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Pharmacy technician Suzanne Eagan shakes a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday before drawing a dose for a health care worker at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
By Sue Danielson
Dec 17, 2020
(Des Moines, IA) Iowans with loved ones in the hundreds of long term care and assisted living facilities will have to wait months before they ll likely see visitation rules relax, despite the COVID-19 vaccine.
Brent Willet of the Iowa Healthcare Association says residents will likely get the first of two doses late this month. He says 21-days later, they ll get a second dose, and it could be March before experts feel confident that patients have full immunity from the virus. Willet says because of that, visitation rules will not be relaxed anytime soon.
Iowa s long term care have been hit hard by coronavirus. There are currently 147-long term care facility outbreaks. There have been more than 1,100 deaths in Iowa long term care facilities, attributed to COVID-19, but more than 3,000 long term care cases have recovered.
By Sue Danielson
Dec 17, 2020
(Des Moines, IA) Iowans with loved ones in the hundreds of long term care and assisted living facilities will have to wait months before they ll likely see visitation rules relax, despite the COVID-19 vaccine.
Brent Willet of the Iowa Healthcare Association says residents will likely get the first of two doses late this month. He says 21-days later, they ll get a second dose, and it could be March before experts feel confident that patients have full immunity from the virus. Willet says because of that, visitation rules will not be relaxed anytime soon.
Iowa s long term care have been hit hard by coronavirus. There are currently 147-long term care facility outbreaks. There have been more than 1,100 deaths in Iowa long term care facilities, attributed to COVID-19, but more than 3,000 long term care cases have recovered.