BY Pender Community Hospital | January 26, 2021
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Pender, NE (January 25, 2021) – Pender Community Hospital & Medical Clinics, as an extension of Northeast Nebraska Public Health, are set to begin COVID-19 vaccine distribution to phase 1B this week. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services distributes the COVID-19 vaccines to all Nebraska counties. Each health department determines the protocol to vaccinate eligible recipients.
The first eligible group outlined was Phase 1A: healthcare workers and long-term care facility residents. As Phase 1A wraps up, health departments and healthcare officials will now distribute the vaccine to Phase 1B: people 65 and older, age 18 and above with high-risk medical conditions, and specified groups of essential workers. For information about essential workers eligible in Phase 1B, please reference the Nebraska Department of