Health care system hopes to scale up distribution effort
Kristen Van Scoyoc, MSN RN, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Eduardo Malamut of Coralville during a vaccination clinic at the UI Health Support Services Building in Coralville on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. University of Iowa Health Care estimates nearly 1,000 patients, eligible under Phase 1b of the state vaccination plan, received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the clinic. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Stickers and syringes holding the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are ready for patients during a vaccination clinic at the UI Health Support Services Building in Coralville on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. University of Iowa Health Care estimates nearly 1,000 patients, eligible under Phase 1b of the state vaccination plan, received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the clinic. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
By Jason Taylor
Feb 4, 2021
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa Health Care is trying to set the bar in delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.
The hospital vaccinated more than 1,000 newly eligible people Wednesday.
All the recipients were part of the latest expanded phase which includes non-medical frontline workers and people 65 and older.
The hospital says there were no lines and no one spent more than 20 minutes in the building getting vaccinated.
UIHC has set up a process that allows resident to contact the hospital to arranged appointments for vaccinations, although it does not accept direct phone calls.
Most vaccine providers have stressed there s a very limited supply of doses while still offering vaccines to the expanded 1B phase of eligibility.
By Jason Taylor
Feb 4, 2021
IOWA CITY, Iowa - University of Iowa Health Care is trying to set the bar in delivery of COVID-19 vaccines.
The hospital vaccinated more than 1,000 newly eligible people Wednesday.
All the recipients were part of the latest expanded phase which includes non-medical frontline workers and people 65 and older.
The hospital says there were no lines and no one spent more than 20 minutes in the building getting vaccinated.
UIHC has set up a process that allows resident to contact the hospital to arranged appointments for vaccinations, although it does not accept direct phone calls.
Most vaccine providers have stressed there s a very limited supply of doses while still offering vaccines to the expanded 1B phase of eligibility.
By Sue Danielson
Feb 3, 2021
(Des Moines, IA) Walgreens and CVS stores in Iowa are getting 32-thousand left-over COVID vaccine doses. State health officials say the doses were left over from long term care facility allocations. The doses are reserved for Iowans 65 and older.
Iowans age 65 and older can register online for a vaccine appointment at a participating Walgreens or CVS location near them. Appointments are limited to the number of vaccines available at each location.
Walgreens
Beginning February 3, Iowans age 65 and older can sign up to schedule an appointment at a Walgreens store location in one of the counties listed below. Registration for vaccine appointments at Walgreens