MaineGeneral gets 775 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The vaccine arrived Tuesday at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta. The hospital will begin distributing doses Wednesday.
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MaineGeneral Health received 775 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Tuesday morning at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta and will start giving out vaccinations Wednesday.
“We expect to begin administering the vaccine tomorrow, Wednesday, Dec. 16,” Steve Diaz, MaineGeneral Health’s chief medical officer, said Tuesday in a statement. “The vaccine will be distributed on a tiered system. We are first offering to vaccinate physicians and other medical staff, nursing staff and respiratory therapists who work on our COVID-19 unit, critical care unit and the emergency department as required by the state.”
First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Maine
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MaineGeneral in Augusta to get its first vaccine shipment Tuesday
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