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Nursing home COVID cases down 82% since December; doctors credit vaccine
U.S. nursing homes reported a peak of nearly 6,000 COVID-related deaths in a single week of December 2020. Those were down to 2,200 in a single week of February. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 6:10 PM PST March 3, 2021
OREGON, USA Positive COVID-19 cases and COVID-related deaths in U.S. nursing homes are dropping, and doctors credit the vaccine.
People living and working in nursing homes were some of the first in line for vaccinations.
Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), said prioritizing ongoing vaccination efforts in those facilities is critical. His organizations represent 14,000 long-term care facilities nationwide.
Many pharmacies are waiting until promised doses arrive from the federal government. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 5:45 PM PST February 10, 2021
OREGON, USA Despite a federal commitment to send a million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 6,500 pharmacies nationwide this week, many local pharmacies are still unclear about vaccination appointments. Distribution has been shaky at best, NBC News medical correspondent Dr. John Torres told KGW.
Torres hopes the national pharmacy program helps turn that around. However, pharmacies in Oregon and Southwest Washington face some big unknowns.
Albertsons and Safeway are waiting until they receive vaccines to open online appointments. The company said 115 Oregon locations will get about a hundred doses each this week.
December 21 2020
Elderly residents of long-term care facilities received vaccine doses this week after health care workers took top priority.
Oregon-based Consonus Pharmacy dispensed the new COVID-19 vaccine to a Portland-area senior living facility Monday, Dec. 21.
Consonus Pharmacy is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The partnership program offers on-site vaccinations to nursing home and assisted living facility residents.
Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were slated to be second in line to receive the first allotments of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, following the inoculation of frontline health care workers.
Elderly residents at care facilities are part of a high-risk population for contracting and dying from the COVID-19 virus.
December 21 2020
Elderly residents of long-term care facilities received vaccine doses this week after health care workers took top priority.
Oregon-based Consonus Pharmacy dispensed the new COVID-19 vaccine to a Portland-area senior living facility Monday, Dec. 21.
Consonus Pharmacy is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The partnership program offers on-site vaccinations to nursing home and assisted living facility residents.
Staff and residents at long-term care facilities were slated to be second in line to receive the first allotments of the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, following the inoculation of frontline health care workers.
Elderly residents at care facilities are part of a high-risk population for contracting and dying from the COVID-19 virus.