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How West Virginia vaccinated all its nursing homes before the end of December Print this article By the end of December, West Virginia had given all roughly 28,000 staff and residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the state the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. It was a remarkable achievement, especially given that only about 429,000 doses have been administered to long-term care facilities nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The key was Gov. Jim Justice’s decision not to use the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term ...

By December 30, 2020 - 12:36 am Monday, Governor Jim Justice announced, with appropriate pride, that by the end of the day the first round of Covid-19 vaccinations at the state’s nursing homes would be completed. That means shots-in-arms of residents and staff at approximately 200 long-term care facilities, all done in two weeks and over the Christmas holiday. That is truly remarkable, and the announcement came as nearly every other state was just carrying out the first vaccinations at nursing homes. West Virginia got ahead of the country by going its own way. Rather than following the fe...

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West Virginia may complete nursing home vaccinations even sooner than expected By December 21, 2020 - 1:49 pm West Virginia is aiming to complete vaccinations at long-term care facilities even sooner than originally anticipated, possibly by this coming Monday. The speedy scenario was made possible by a productive first week of vaccinations. Originally, officials thought they could administer about 6,000 vaccinations at 48 facilities around West Virginia. Preliminary numbers show the week one effort actually wound up closer to 8,100 doses at 71 facilities. Marty Wright “The progress that w...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has spurred California to dispense thousands of body bags and line up refrigerated morgue trucks. With the rollout of shots picking up speed Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington closed in on a long-stalled $900 billion coronavirus relief package that would send direct payments of around $600 to most Americans. Meanwhile, the U.S. appeared to be days away from adding a second vaccine t...