MALONE â Area nursing homes will begin COVID-19 vaccinations of residents and staff next week.
Residents and patients at long-term care facilities were deemed a group at greatest risk for harm based on guidelines and ethical framework set by the CDC, and the New York State Department of Health and local public health department s prioritization.
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Residents and employees at UVM Health Network â Alice Hyde Medical Centerâs long-term care facility, The Alice Center, will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, Dec. 21.
The vaccination program, which will use the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, will take place at the facility, which temporarily suspended visitation due to positive COVID-19 tests returned at the end of October, a news release said.
MALONE â The first COVID-19 vaccines will be administered starting Monday at Alice Hyde Medical Centerâs long-term care facility.
According to a press release from Phillip Rau, spokesman for the facility, residents and employees at the long-term care facility will start receiving the vaccines Monday.
The vaccination program, which will use the Pfizer vaccine, will take place at the Malone facility and be administered by Walgreens. The Pfizer vaccine requires two shots spaced three weeks apart.
Susan Biondolillo, associate vice president of long-term care at Alice Hyde, said the facilityâs team has been working with residents and their families to obtain consent regarding the upcoming vaccinations.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com The first group of Alice Center nursing home residents who agree to be vaccinated are expected to receive vaccinations against COVID-19 as early as next week. The first group of residents will receive their shots on Dec. 21, Alice Hyde Medical Center spokesman Phillip Rau confirmed Monday. Alice Hyde, which is part of the University of Vermont health network, oversees the Alice Center. Because the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is delivered in two shots, it will take a few weeks before the vaccines are distributed to willing residents and staff. Vaccinations at the nursing home are expected to be complete around Feb. 1, 2021, according to Rau.
By CARA CHAPMAN Press-Republican
Dec 15, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â University of Vermont Health Network, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital expects a supply of about 950 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week.
CVPH President Michelle LeBeau explained that a committee was developed to provide the first of two required doses to the hospital s employees, according to a state Department of Health prioritization matrix based on what they do within the organization, the department they work in, and their age. Our plan is to begin vaccinating as soon as the vaccine arrives, she said in a statement.
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Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday.
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