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Monday evening, December 14, 2020
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Utah Receives First Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine
Two Utah hospitals received their first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning. Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo and the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City each received about 2,000 doses of the recently approved Pfizer vaccine and will begin vaccinating employees Wednesday afternoon. The two locations had been among the five hospitals chosen to receive the vaccine first, along with the Intermountain Medical Center, Dixie Regional Medical Center and the University of Utah. Those hospitals are expecting to receive their first doses Tuesday or by the end of the week at the latest. Read the full story.
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Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo and the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City each received about 2,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and will begin vaccinating employees Wednesday afternoon.
Two Utah hospitals received their first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning.
Officials with Intermountain Healthcare said during a press conference Utah Valley Regional Hospital in Provo and the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City each received about 2,000 doses of the recently approved Pfizer vaccine. They will begin vaccinating employees Wednesday afternoon.
The two locations had been among the five hospitals chosen to receive the vaccine first, along with the Intermountain Medical Center, Dixie Regional Medical Center, and the University of Utah. Those hospitals are expecting to receive their first doses Tuesday or by the end of the week at the latest.
All Utahns age 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Hundreds of thousands of Utahns have received doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Here s what to know about availability, safety and more.
All Utahns 16 and older are now eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. The state is currently distributing the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, as well as the Johnson & Johnson Janssen single-dose vaccine.
People who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days will not be eligible due to the presence of antibodies which help the body fight the disease.
Utahns can go to any county within the state to get a vaccine. Gov. Spencer Cox cautioned that people will be required to return to that same location for their second Pfizer or Moderna doses. Local health department information and registration for vaccine appointments is available at coronavirus.utah.gov/vaccine-distribution or the CDC’s vaccinefinder.org.
The first shipment of COVID-19 has reached Utah, but it may be a short while until the vaccine reaches Tooele County.
The first vaccine shipment was designated for hospitals in the state that provide care for the highest numbers of COVID-19 patients, according to the Department of Health’s vaccination plan.
Those hospitals were: LDS Hospital and University Hospital in Salt Lake City, Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, and the Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George.
Tooele County’s hospitals should receive the vaccine later this week and the Tooele County Health Department expects to receive the vaccine before the end of the year, according to Amy Bate, Tooele County Health Department public information officer.