Dec 16, 2020
According to Columbiana County Health Commissioner Wes Vins, M.S., the county is expecting its first round of the Covid-19 vaccine to be shipped before Christmas.
“We have not been officially notified as to when the vaccine will arrive and the exact amount, but we expect approximately 1,000 dosesto be allocated to our county in this first round. Our county’s vaccination task force is ramping up our infrastructure so we can quickly send these first doses to hospital caregivers, who are directly on the front lines,” he said.
The first shipment to arrive in the county will most likely be the Moderna vaccine, pending FDA approval by the end of this week. The county’s threehealth districts plan on dividing the vaccine supply between East Liverpool City Hospital and Salem Regional Medical Center, for both hospitals to vaccinatetheir frontline workforce as recommended in Ohio’s vaccination plan.
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