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Vaccinations for COVID-19 will ramp up for Decatur Morgan Hospital staff and a vulnerable group of senior citizens, but a local nursing home operator questioned if the general public should
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Northport pharmacy helping to vaccinate thousands of nursing home residents, workers Getting vaccinations to Alabama nursing homes By Morgan Hightower | December 17, 2020 at 7:19 PM CST - Updated December 17 at 7:43 PM NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBRC) - The process to start vaccinating thousands of people who live and work in nursing homes starts on a loading dock in Northport. “We expect in the next few days, FedEx will back their truck in and deliver our 32,000 doses of the vaccine,” said Dr. Carrie Kreps, Consultant Pharmacist, Senior Care Pharmacy. Senior Care Pharmacy is part of the Pharm...
Alabama nursing homes to start vaccinating residents this month Updated Dec 18, 2020; Facebook Share Nursing homes across Alabama are gearing up to immunize every resident and worker who wants to be vaccinated. “The vaccine gives us hope. This could be the big step forward that we need (for) returning life to normal in nursing homes,” said John Matson, spokesperson for the Alabama Nursing Home Association. Starting this month, about 52,000 Pfizer vaccines for COVID-19 will be distributed to Alabama nursing homes through a federal partnership with CVS, Walgreens and local pharmacies. The ...
Nursing home residents could receive vaccine around Christmas By Lydia Nusbaum | December 15, 2020 at 8:06 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 8:06 PM MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Pharmacies could administer the COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and staff members shortly after Christmas, Alabama Nursing Home Association director of communications John Matson said. “So we’re very hopeful that timeline holds out because it would be certainly good news, and a nice welcome gift around Christmastime for the vaccine to be available,” Matson said. Matson says 229 Alabama nursing homes h...