Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital began administering second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare personnel and high-risk Veterans residing in the facility’s Community Living Center on Tuesday, January 5.
A news release says as part of the initial group of 37 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to offer a COVID-19 vaccine, Truman VA began administering the Pfizer vaccine on December 15, 2020. The Pfizer vaccine requires a second dose 21 days after an initial vaccination is administered.
Implementation of Truman VA’s COVID-19 vaccine program included an initial limited supply, where high-risk inpatient Veterans and staff began receiving vaccinations. With additional vaccine now available, Truman VA will increase the number of Veterans who will be offered the opportunity to be vaccinated.
COLUMBIA - The first COVID-19 vaccinations have begun in Columbia.
The Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital began administering COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline health care personnel and veterans residing in the facility s long-term care Community Living Center on Tuesday.
Alvin âBobâ River, a 99-year-old U.S. Army Veteran of World War II, was the first patient at Truman VA to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. Mr. River, a resident of Montgomery City, Missouri, will turn 100 years old on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2020. Courtesy: Truman VA
Truman VA was part of the initial group of 37 VA medical centers across the country that began receiving and administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week.