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Frustration is building over the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care sites, where some homes still await first shots while fending off a virus that
Frustration is building over the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care sites, where some homes still await first shots while fending off a virus that
Race to inoculate long-term care facilities faces challenges as Florida surpasses 27,000 COVID-19 deaths State positivity rate is 8.39% Tags: Registered Pharmacist Ken Ramey, left, prepares to inoculate Deanna Sutton, 83, with the COVID-19 vaccine, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the Isles of Vero Beach assisted and independent senior living community in Vero Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 3.5 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been given in long-term care facilities across the U.S. as of Monday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s about one-third of the roughly 10 million vaccines Harvard Medical School health policy professor David Grabowski estimates will be needed to fully protect residents and employees.
Tom Murphy January 31, 2021 - 6:19 AM Frustration is building over the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care sites, where some homes still await first shots while fending off a virus that can devastate their residents. The major drugstore chains tasked with giving shots in these places are far along in vaccinating nursing home residents and staff. But some other types of group residences won't receive first doses until mid-February or later, despite being among the top priorities for shots. CVS and Walgreens have started a massive vaccination push in nearly all states, and they say they are proceeding on schedule. But resident advocates and experts are anxious about delays in delivering vaccines that have been available for more than a month.
Pinellas nursing homes prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccines As frontline healthcare workers in Tampa Bay start getting vaccinated, weâre also now just days away from the first COVID-19 vaccines arriving at nursing homes and long-term care facilities. and last updated 2020-12-14 18:30:22-05 PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. â As frontline healthcare workers in Tampa Bay start getting vaccinated, weâre also now just days away from the first COVID-19 vaccines arriving at nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Pinellas County is one of only two counties in the state now prioritized to receive the first vaccines, alongside Broward County. Tom Iovino, spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, expects the vaccines to begin arriving mid-week.