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Updated Jan. 8, 2021
This is the first article of a series in which reporters from the WHYY News Health Desk Help Desk answer questions about vaccines and COVID-19 submitted by you, our audience.
The first doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 arrived in the three-state region in mid-December, and inoculation of health care workers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware is ongoing. Readers and listeners asked us about logistics, effectiveness, side effects …
And here’s what we found.
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The first batch of vaccinations began in hospitals across the region in mid-December 2020.
Who will get the vaccine first?
Each state has a distribution plan based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance that lays out phases for vaccinating the public. The plans outline who will receive the vaccine in each phase.