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Nursing homes in Georgia, including Westbury Medical Care and Rehab in Jackson, began receiving the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines this week. Jennifer Vasil, administrator of Westbury Medical Care and Rehab, said her staff and residents were scheduled to begin receiving the vaccines from the Jackson CVS on Tuesday, Dec. 29. About 39,000 doses of the vaccine made by pharmaceutical company Pfizer have shipped to elderly-care facilities as well as CVS and Walgreens pharmacies, which are partnering with the federal government to send doses directly to nursing homes, said state Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey. Staff at nursing homes who serve as “the firewall” protecting elderly residents will likely be vaccinated first, Toomey said during a news conference at Pruitt Health’s elderly-term care facility in Gainesville.

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