Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center receives COVID-19 vaccine December 22, 2020
The first doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center (TLRMC) Tuesday afternoon.
Early Tuesday evening, Dr. Hani Bleibel, a hospitalist at Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center was the first hospital employee to receive the vaccine. He is pleased to know that the process will begin protecting not only his patients, but his family members.
“I am getting this vaccine in order to help achieve herd immunity against COVID-19,” said Dr. Bleibel.
“We have been preparing for receipt and administration of the vaccine since we were notified that we would be a recipient,” said Brittany Clemons, Chief Quality Officer at TLRMC. “We have seen firsthand the devastating impact of the virus on our patients, physicians, healthcare workers and the community.”
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Is the COVID-19 positivity rate finally stabilizing in Kentucky?
Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed mitigation efforts have stopped the growth of the virus as numbers are continuing to decline for a second week in a row. The positivity rate is currently at 8.58%
“What we are seeing is that the measures we have taken are working,” Beshear said. “We have stopped the increase in cases, which we knew we had to do before we can start to decrease those numbers. Let’s all commit to doing what we know is right – wearing masks, social distancing, washing our hands and limiting our holiday gatherings – so we can beat this virus once and for good.”
MURRAY â Murray-Calloway County Hospital leaders are expecting an allocation of COVID-19 vaccine sometime this week. In collaboration with the Calloway County Health Department, health care workers in Calloway County will begin to receive the vaccine as well as those in critical infrastructure roles as defined by the Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccination Plan, a news release said.
MCCH is not mandating the vaccine for its staff, though leaders are strongly encouraging all health care workers to get vaccinated.
âMCCH has been working closely with the Kentucky Department of Public Health, our local health department and other regional partners to prepare for vaccine distribution,â said Jeff Eye, Chief Nursing oedifficer. âThe situation continues to be fluid, but as soon as we receive the vaccine, we will begin administering it to those Tier 1 health care workers who have agreed to be vaccinated.
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