Colorado Gov. Jared Polis: Now s not the time to break down on COVID-19 precautions Sarah Kyle, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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Coloradans successfully prevented a post-Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 cases, and now Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and state health officials are urging them to do the same with Christmas and New Year s. Now s not the time to break down, Polis said during a Friday news conference on COVID-19 in the state. If we can prevent a Christmas and New Year s spike, as we successfully did a Thanksgiving spike, this is just our last worst stretch, and we need to make it to that finish line.
The U.S. might have more doses of Pfizer-BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine than it thought.
While each vial is supposed to hold five doses of the first vaccine authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, Politico was first to report on Wednesday that pharmacists have discovered some vials may have extra doses, potentially adding to the country s supply. The amount of vaccine remaining in the multidose vial after removal of 5 doses can vary, depending on the type of needles and syringes used, a Pfizer spokesperson told USA TODAY in a statement. At this time, we cannot provide a recommendation on the use of the remaining amount of vaccine from each vial. Vaccinators need to consult their institution’s policies for the use of multidose vials.
By Brian Burbach
Dec 15, 2020
Kevin Londrigan, a doctor at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, was the first Colorado doctor to receive the long awaited Pfizer vaccination for COVID-19. He was followed by 20 more staff members at the same hospital. Although this is the first step in a very long process, it feels as if the end of the pandemic is in sight. For more info on this story, read here.
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The very first person in Colorado to receive a COVID-19 vaccine says he feels great. Kevin Londrigan, a respiratory therapist at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland received the Pfizer vaccine.
According the Denver Channel, Londrigan, who works in the ICU unit in his hospital where 95% of his patients are positive for COVID, joined several other healthcare workers at UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins and at UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs who also received the vaccine on Monday.
Gov. Jared Polis was in Fort Collins at PVH standing right next to Londrigan while the vaccine was being administered.
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