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Residents at Heritage Village, Heritage Park and Heritage Green are set to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week.
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The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are set to be administered to residents at Heritage Ministries’ skilled nursing facilities in Chautauqua County this week.
Lisa Haglund, Heritage president and CEO, said the organization will receive the vaccines as part of the federal government’s partnership with CVS and Walgreens. Pharmacists from the two national chains are scheduled to go into long-term care facilities to administer the doses to residents and staff.
Locally, Haglund estimates it will take about 30 to 60 days to complete the vaccination process in the facilities that include residents and staff. In the county, Heritage has about 800 residents and between 800 and 1,000 total employees.
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By JOE MAHONEY Â CNHI State Reporter Dec 20, 2020
Dec 20, 2020
ALBANY â The estimated 90,000 residents of New York s nursing homes and the approximately 150,000 employees at those facilities are slated to be offered the Pfizer vaccine for the COVID-19 contagion in the coming week.
Stephen Hanse, president of two provider groups, both the New York State Health Facilities Association and the New York State Assisted Living, told CNHI that operators of the nursing homes won t require staffers to get the doses but expect most will opt to be immunized for the coronavirus.
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The vaccinations at the nursing homes are expected to be completed in February, he said. Each recipient will get two shots, approximately three weeks apart. The shots will be administered by staffers with CVS, Walgreen and pharmacies that have arrangements to serve the homes.
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