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December 23, 2020 Operation Warp Speed said as many as 20 million people could be vaccinated by year's end, but so far the U.S. isn't even close to that goal. SHOW TRANSCRIPT It's been roughly 10 days since the U.S. started rolling out its first coronavirus vaccine.  "These vaccines are going to save so many lives and bring this pandemic to an end," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said earlier this week before receiving the vaccine.  Since then, just over 1 million Americans have received a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, while nearly 9.5 million doses have gone out to st...

As the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine began arriving in five communities around Wyoming last week, health officials in Johnson County were refining the details of the county’s vaccine plan.  And now, vaccine doses are on the horizon for the county. On Dec. 20, the Wyoming Department of Health indicated that Johnson County is slated to recive 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine by the end of the year. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the Moderna vaccine for emergency use on Friday. On Tuesday, Johnson County public health response coordinator Robin King said vaccinations are set...

ASHLAND – With the approval of a second COVID-19 vaccine, more doses are arriving in the state and in the area. Three Rivers Public Health Department released a statement on Monday that said the district should receive some doses by the end of the week. Three Rivers covers Saunders, Dodge and Washington counties. The statement did not say which county would receive the vaccine first. “Please be patient, the vaccine is on its way,” the statement read. Health departments, federally-qualified health centers and hospital systems across the state are working with the Nebraska Depart...

Atrium Health administering COVID-19 vaccine to non-critical staff, despite state regulations Atrium Health administering COVID-19 vaccine to non-critical staff, despite state regulations By Nick Ochsner | December 23, 2020 at 1:10 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 7:01 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Atrium Health is scheduling non-critical employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, despite state regulations aimed at ensuring those who interact with COVID-19 patients and the elderly are inoculated first. McKiever’s husband, John, is a senior web specialist at Atrium, according to his Linked...

Dec 22, 2020 The Minnesota Department of Health's testing lab handles samples of COVID-19. Courtesy Minnesota Department of Health MANKATO — A new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Minnesota Wednesday, which would pave the way for immunizations to begin at area long-term care residents before the end of the month. Long-term care residents, who’ve accounted for most of the state’s COVID deaths, are in the “1A” group of people being prioritized for the vaccine. Frontline health workers in the Mankato area, also in the...