COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Fort Carson
AP
and last updated 2020-12-22 18:08:14-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â Vaccines are now being offered to healthcare workers and emergency services personnel on Fort Carson. The army post is the first military installation in Colorado to receive doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Evans Army Community Hospital is managing the administration of the vaccine to personnel beginning today.
According to the Department of Defense plan, the order of vaccinations will proceed as follows:
Phase 1 - Healthcare providers, healthcare support, emergency services & public safety personnel
substages cover critical national capabilities , personnel preparing to deploy overseas, other critical and essential support personnel
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It’s here! Shipments of COVID-19 vaccine kits have arrived in the United States and now the big questions remain: how will the vaccine be distributed, where are the most effective sites for distribution, and who will receive access first?
On December 9th, the Department of Defense announced its plan to administer allocations of the COVID-19 vaccines at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad. These sites were selected based on cold storage capability, top priority personnel, and adequate medical staff to manage the vaccines.
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The nation’s first vaccines for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has plagued most of 2020 will be distributed Monday, following yesterday’s emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said in a press briefing today.
Perna is the chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed an effort led by several U.S. government components and public partnerships to move the development, manufacturing and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.
“Make no mistake distribution has begun,” Perna said, adding that right now, boxes are being packed and loaded with vaccines, with emphasis on quality control.
Naval Hospital Pensacola tapped to be 1 of 16 COVID vaccine sites in country Jim Thompson, Northwest Florida Daily News
PENSACOLA Even before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it would grant emergency use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech, the Department of Defense (DoD) was announcing its plans for a pilot program to distribute the vaccine to military and other DoD personnel.
Under the plan, Naval Hospital Pensacola will be one of 16 distribution sites across the country. The hospital is standing by for additional guidance from the DoD, according to Marcus Henry, the hospital s public affairs officer.