John Roark, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Utah, with hospital health care workers now set to receive the first doses Tuesday at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Monday morning, after the first shipments to Utah were delivered to LDS Hospital and Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Intermountain Healthcare officials said it would take until Wednesday before any shots would be administered because of the time needed to schedule appointments and prepare staff.
But by Monday evening, Intermountain Healthcare issued a statement saying “thanks to progress in scheduling caregivers on Monday, the vaccine team was able to push that up and will begin vaccinations on Tuesday.” A virtual news conference has been scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, after the vaccines have been given.
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ST. GEORGE It s just the little things that make a huge difference, Avery Broadbent, an ICU nurse at Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, tells the camera. By not washing your hands even one time you can potentially change someone s life forever, she continues. People die. Everyday. And it s all, she pauses as she fights back tears, it s all preventable. All of it.
Broadbent s plea to Utahns to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus is just one of several told during a video tour of the hospital s efforts against COVID-19 released this week.
Recently, false rumors claiming hospitals are not overburdened have circulated in the state and a group of conspiracy theorists even tried to get into Utah Valley Hospital to prove the ICUs are not overwhelmed. They were thwarted and hospitals have since upped security measures.