Anthony Johnson reports on New Jersey s State of the State address.
Mildred, who has now live through two pandemics, received her shot to a round of applause. She was followed by nurse Esther Moodey, the state s first nursing home staff member to receive the vaccine. It is an understatement to say that this has been an incredibly challenging year for all of us in healthcare, on many levels, Moodey said after receiving the first dose. I am thankful for the COVID-19 vaccine and honored to be the first staff member at our facility receive it, in solidarity with my colleagues in other long term care facilities around New Jersey. The vaccine brings hope and optimism about the future and promise of a return to normal.
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) say the internal database they use to track COVID-19 cases has been experiencing problems that has caused incomplete case reporting for several days.
For several weeks now, my intrepid and hard-working reporter colleague Chad Livengood and I have been trying to explain why the state of Michigan's vaccination percent administration numbers are so low — now the 20th lowest in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Michigan getting more COVID-19 vaccine doses next week than expected
Michigan s allotment of COVID-19 vaccine for next week will be nearly twice what was expected after the federal government informed state health officials late Wednesday that it will release an additional 60,000 doses, health officials said.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services learned on Tuesday that the state would receive 62,400 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for next week a number that fell far short of what health providers have asked for.
MDHHS informed the Detroit News on Wednesday that it would not be receiving any of the Moderna vaccine for the rest of the month. About 300,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine was being held in reserve for Walgreens and CVS pharmacies to administer in nursing homes through the Federal Long Term Care Program.