PITTSFIELD â The first shipment of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive at Berkshire Medical Center on Tuesday.
That shipment will include 1,950 doses for Berkshire Health Systems, according to Michael Leary, communications director for BHS, which owns Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, as well as other medical facilities across the county. Our plan is to begin administration of the vaccine across the system on Thursday morning and into next week, prioritizing the staff of the Emergency Departments at BMC and North Adams Campus and Fairview, BHS Urgent Care, ICU and COVID-19 units, he said. This will include not just clinicians, but other employees who are dedicated to these areas, such as housekeepers, dietary, security, etc.
Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton
State House News Service
BOSTON As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot.
The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital received the shot at 12:07 p.m.
Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get the vaccine, at 12:20 p.m.
The recipients of the Bedford VA s first doses are among the initial tier of Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside of manufacturers trials in the early rounds of a distribution campaign that is set to stretch for months.
Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton/ State House News
As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot.
The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, received the shot at 12:07 p.m.
Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get the vaccine, at 12:20 p.m.
The recipients of the Bedford VA s first doses are among the initial tier of Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside of manufacturers trials in the early rounds of a distribution campaign that is set to stretch for months.
Three Alabama sites receiving coronavirus vaccine on Monday
The Alabama Department of Public Health said the rollout of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine has begun in the state.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 3:49 PM
Updated: Dec 14, 2020 3:50 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
This comes after the U.S. granted emergency use authorization for the vaccine on Friday.
The first round of distribution in Alabama is designated for health care workers and long-term care residents. The Alabama Department of Public Health said on Monday that the state’s initial allocation of 40,950 doses of coronavirus vaccine has begun arriving in the state. It said this allocation will be received at three sites on Monday and 12 sites on Tuesday.
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