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Beverly-based North Shore Innoventures is loaning Anna Jaques Hospital an ultracold freezer so it can store vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Pictured, from left, Mary Williamson, executive director of the Anna Jaques Community Health Foundation; Yinka Ojutalayo, director of pharmacy; Bob Barton, North Shore Innoventures board member; and hospital President Mark Goldstein.
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Anna Jaques Hospital President Mark Goldstein signs for the first box of COVID-19 vaccine delivered to the Newburyport hospital Tuesday.
NEWBURYPORT â Around lunchtime Tuesday, Anna Jaques Hospital President Mark Goldstein signed for a box containing an estimated 141 doses of the highly anticipated Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.Â
UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm ET
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Some Beverly Hospital staff could receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as soon as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. (Shutterstock)
BEVERLY, MA The first coronavirus vaccine could be available to front line staff at Beverly Hospital as early as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health.
The health care system that runs Beverly Hospital said in a statement to Patch it expects to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in the next day or two and is planning to begin staff vaccinations the next day. A multi-disciplinary BILH Vaccine Command Team has developed a highly coordinated, systematic plan and a consistent set of criteria for administrating the vaccine to our staff and ultimately, our patients over the next several months, said Richard Nesto, Chief Medical Officer and Incident Commander, Beth Israel Lahey Health. This team has been working with our local teams at Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals.
By Julie Manganis Staff Writer Dec 15, 2020
Dec 15, 2020
SALEM â Area hospitals, nursing homes and the Middleton Jail are among the facilities where people will first receive the new COVID-19 vaccine, and administrators are scrambling to implement plans to give shots to dozens of caregivers, patients and prisoners.Â
Addison Gilbert and Beverly hospitals are gearing up, said Dr. Richard Nesto, chief medical officer and incident commander for Beth Israel Lahey Health, which operates Beverly, Addison Gilbert in Gloucester and Lahey hospitals.Â
The hospitals are preparing to receive shipments of the vaccine in the next day or two and will also begin giving the shots on Wednesday.Â
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Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine was approved for emergency use in the United States Friday. (Shutterstock)
BURLINGTON MA, MA Officials at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center expect to receive their first shipment of the coronavirus vaccine Tuesday and Wednesday as front-line workers across the country become among the first Americans to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
A Beth Israel Lahey Health official said Monday that the hospital will receive the vaccine within a day or two. The delivery comes after a New York nurse became the first U.S. front-line worker to receive the vaccine Monday. A multi-disciplinary BILH Vaccine Command Team has developed a highly coordinated, systematic plan and a consistent set of criteria for administrating the vaccine to our staff and ultimately, our patients over the next several months, Chief Medical Officer Richard Nesto said.