COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Memorial Hospital in Jasper
COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Memorial Hospital in Jasper By 14 News Staff | December 17, 2020 at 12:14 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 4:45 PM
JASPER, Ind. (WFIE) - Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center received their first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, according to hospital officials.
They said they will start vaccinating frontline healthcare workers on Friday.
Hospital staff tells 14 News that more than 350 employees will get vaccinated Friday.
Dr. Farah Snyder released a statement after being the first to receive the vaccine.
“I wanted to take that extra step to help end this… to do my part to get back around people again,” Dr. Snyder said. “I see the light at the end of the tunnel. I feel confident in the vaccine.”
Two regional hospitals have received their first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine designed to immunize front line health care workers.
Baptist Health in Madisonville received its first shipment of the vaccine on Tuesday, and Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah accepted its delivery Wednesday.
They are two of 11 hospitals in the state that received the first shipments of the Pfizer vaccine. Governor Andy Beshear said he expects the Moderna vaccine to arrive in the next two weeks with those shipments designed for long term care facilities.
On Wednesday, the state reported 2,898 new cases of the coronavirus which is the fewest for a Wednesday since November 18. The state’s positivity rate was 8.5-percent for a fourth straight day. Kentucky’s average of tests given per day is just over 24,000.
John Hopkins doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccine
John Hopkins doctor weighs in on COVID-19 vaccine By Chellsie Parker | December 15, 2020 at 5:44 AM CST - Updated December 15 at 5:27 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Some Tri-State hospitals will be giving out the first COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as Wednesday.
That includes Deaconess and Baptist Health in Madisonville.
Deaconess officials say frontline workers are already signed up to get the shot bright and early.
However, there’s still a lot of questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.
Many Americans want to know what they’re getting into before the shot goes in their arm.
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Three Kentucky hospitals, UofL Hospital, Baptist Health Lexington and the Medical Center at Bowling Green, each received 975 doses Monday morning and began their vaccination plans. A total of 11 hospitals, including Baptist Health in Madisonville, were set to receive doses in the first shipment.
Governor Andy Beshear called it a historic day that will pave the way to the end of the pandemic.
An additional 23,350 are being delivered to CVS and Walgreens, destined for long-term care facilities in the commonwealth. The governor says the data continues to show a decrease in the COVID-19 escalation, saying the last week was the first time in several months they saw a decline in overall new cases. He reported 1,802 new cases Monday, the positivity rate is at 8.58 percent and 17 more Kentuckians have died due to COVID-19.