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North Dakota to get 6,300 initial doses of new COVID-19 vaccine bismarcktribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bismarcktribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Lewis and Clark COVID-19 Vaccine Planning Group is preparing for the arrival of an expected 500 doses of the recently authorized Johnson & Johnson one-dose COVID-19 vaccine this week.Â
With the third vaccine coming online, the group anticipates soon moving into the next phase of its vaccination distribution plan and opening up a second point of distribution, or POD, at Carroll College s Nelson Stadium, a plan that has been tabled for some time due to staffing and vaccine supply issues.
There is no official timeline for the opening of the second vaccination POD, but Lewis and Clark Public Health Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Administrator Eric Merchant, who is also a member of the state s and county s vaccine planning groups, said in an interview it could happen as early as the week of March 7.
North Dakota is scheduled to receive an initial 6,300 doses of the new one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, just days after it received federal approval.
Meanwhile, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in North Dakota since the onset of the pandemic last March topped 100,000 on Wednesday.
The doses are scheduled to arrive Friday; they ll be distributed to pharmacies and urgent care facilities, according to State Immunization Program Manager Molly Howell.
Members of North Dakota s COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics Advisory Committee on Monday said earlier concerns they had about the efficacy of Johnson & Johnson s Janssen vaccine had been addressed by federal advisory committees.
âSome major benefits of the Janssen vaccine include only requiring one dose and being able to be stored in refrigerators,â Howell said in a Tuesday statement. âThe vaccine has shown 85% efficacy at preventing severe COVID-19 with complete protection against hospitalizations and death after
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