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CANTON — United Helpers is set to receive its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at the end of the month, with a second quantity expected in early January. United Helpers CEO Stephen E. Knight said Thursday the vaccines should arrive Dec. 31, at the Canton Rehabilitation and Senior Care facility, 205 Canton-Madrid Road, where all residents and 50% of staff members will be vaccinated. According to the organization’s daily update Thursday morning, 81 people reside at the Canton nursing home, and the state has not included Canton’s 47 Assisted Living residents ...

On Tuesday, the county received a shipment of the vaccine created by Pfizer. The first vaccines will be administered at Campbell County Memorial Hospital on Thursday, said Dane Joslyn, Campbell County Health spokesperson. CCH employees directly involved in patient care, along with Emergency Medical Services workers — including Campbell County Fire Department EMTs who assist EMS — will be the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a CCH press release said. Statewide, 4,875 doses of the vaccine have been received, divided into five packages of 975 doses each. In addition to Campbell C...

Many Texas nursing home and other long-term care residents and staff members are likely to have to wait another two weeks to be vaccinated for COVID-19 — even though they were included in the first group of people who were chosen for inoculation, health officials say. Long-term care residents and hospital staff members are eligible to receive the vaccine, along with long-term care facility employees, including physicians, nurses, personal care assistants and custodial and food workers. However, though the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been administered at places such as Methodist Dallas Medic...

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COVID-19 shots at WI nursing homes start as soon as Dec. 28 COVID-19 shots at WI nursing homes start as soon as Dec. 28 Wisconsin health officials are ''hopeful'' the majority of residents in the state's skilled nursing facilities will be vaccinated by the end of January. WAUWATOSA, Wis. - The state of Wisconsin plans to use the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at nursing homes, with shots starting as soon as Dec. 28. Administrators at Luther Manor in Wauwatosa are planning who will get the vaccine first out of the nearly 800 residents and staff. About 200 to 300 of them are in the skilled nursing...