CVS, Walgreens to start COVID-19 vaccination clinics for long-term care
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CVS and Walgreens expect to start COVID-19 vaccination clinics in long-term care facilities in a week.
Since the Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, the major pharmacy chains are working with skilled-nursing and assisted-living facilities to coordinate on-site vaccinations.
That work is already underway, Ruth Link-Gelles, an epidemiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a webinar on vaccine rollouts Monday hosted by Argentum, a national association for professionally managed senior-living facilities.
More than 9,200 Texans were hospitalized with COVID-19 yesterday and hospital systems are at to close to their full intensive care unit capacity in several parts of the state, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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Nearly 4,000 new cases added Saturday and Sunday as vaccine distribution begins.
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3,929 cases on Saturday and Sunday, with 12 deaths.
Governor Abbott released news that
Texas will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to staff members and residents of long-term care facilities starting December 21. Free vaccines from Pfizer will be provided to facilities as part of the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, KERA News reported.
The pandemic has crushed the spirits of many Texas health care workers after claiming the lives of over 1,000 of their colleagues across the nation since the beginning of the pandemic. Other
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Bonham, Texas Twenty-five residents of Clyde W. Cosper Texas State Veterans Home have died from complications related to COVID-19, but vaccinations for residents and staff who choose to be inoculated could only be two weeks away, according to the Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
On December 11, Gov. Abbott announced that the State of Texas will participate in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a federal program to vaccinate residents and staff of long-term care facilities against COVID-19. The program is free of charge to facilities and sends staff and Pfizer vaccines from partnering Walgreens and CVS locations to these facilities to vaccinate residents and staff who volunteer to participate.