Long-term care facility residents in New Mexico to get Moderna COVID-19 vaccine soon
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Updated: 9:46 AM MST Dec 19, 2020
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Updated: 9:46 AM MST Dec 19, 2020
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SUN JOINS US LIVE, WITH WHY. >> DOUG, NOW THAT THE MODERNA VACCINE IS APPROVED, THIS MEANS FOR SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKELY THOSE LIVING IN THIS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY BEHIND ME WILL SOON GET THE VACCINE. TONIGHT, MORE THAN 140 LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES IN NEW MEXICO HAVE ONE OR MORE COVID-19 CASES. FOR FAMILIES CONSTANTLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES LIVING IN THOSE FACILITIES, SOME RELIEF IS COMING. >> THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS, WE JUST NEED TO HANG ON. >> THE STATE PRIORITIZED HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO GET THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCINE THIS WEEK. AND NEXT WEEK. >> WE’RE PREPARING TO RECEIVE MODERNA, AND THAT VACCINE WILL ACTUALLY GO PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS AND STAFF IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. >> THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS THEY’RE WORKING WITH PHARMACIES TO GIVE THE VACCINE TO SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR STATE. I REACHED OUT TO CVS, AND GOT THIS STATEMENT. THE NATIONAL ROLLOUT OF OUR COVID-19 VACCINATION EFFORT IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WILL BEGIN ON DECEMBER 21. WHEN VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE FOR WIDER DISTRIBUTION, WE WILL OFFER THEM AT ALL OF OUR CVS PHARMACY LOCATIONS, AND WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADMINISTE 20-25 MILLION SHOTS EVERY MONTH. WALGREENS SAYING THEY, WILL SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH OUR MORE THAN 9,000 STORE LOCATIONS, ONCE THEY BECOME APPROVED AND AVAILABLE. WHILE 2020 IS LOOKING UP, HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MONTHS AWAY FROM A VACCINE. >> WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS , SO WE MUST MAINTAIN COVID SAFE PRACTICES. >> THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE SAYS LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WILL GET THE MODERNA VACCINE BECAUSE IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE KEPT AS COLD AS THE PFIZER-BIONTECH VACCIN DOUG: THE STATE COULDN’T GIVE ANY MORE DETAILS SO FAR, A