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Tennova & Covenant hospitals receive first COVID-19 vaccine shipments
The vaccines will be given to frontline workers at several East Tennessee hospitals operated by Tennova and Covenant Health.
Author: WBIR Staff
Updated: 10:00 AM CST December 21, 2020
East Tennessee hospitals received the first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 17 and are making plans to get high-risk staff members vaccinated.
Covenant Health
Covenant said in a press release that it will offer it to employees that are at the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19. The vaccine is voluntary for all staff members.
The vaccine will be available to employees at all Covenant Health acute care facilities, along with home health employees and those who work in long-term care facilities including: ....

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