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When the next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations begin across Iowa Monday, first responders, school staff and everyone 65 and older will be eligible to receive a vaccination–given vaccine availability. Marion County Public Health Director Kim Dorn says this will be a phased approach, and the availability of vaccine will dictate the timeline.
“Everything depends on how much vaccine we get allocated from the state. Our plan is that the first group will be specialty groups, first responders, child welfare workers, etc. will come to the health department. Once we have sufficient vaccine, we’ll be allocating it out to the hospitals, clinics, pharmacies. We’ll do some open pods, self dispensing. That’s the route we’re going to take in the Pella area, working with the hospital, and we’ll say ‘On this day, we’re going to do 65 and over.’ So that’s how that will roll out.”
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Phase 1B of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan is scheduled to begin Monday, February 1st. This phase will be split into five tiers. Marion County Public Health Director Kim Dorn explains who fits into the first tier of Phase 1B, the next group to get vaccinations.
“Tier number 1 includes first responders, which includes firefighters, police officers, folks like that who go out with the EMS folks. We’ll make sure they’re protected. Also, child welfare and social workers are in Tier 1. Then we will be working on the school staff, especially high risk staff in the schools. We are reaching out to schools to get their lists of high risk staff. Then early childhood education, child care workers, we want to get the high risk people in those groups taken care of.”
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Marion County has been allocated to receive 1,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Marion County Public Health Director Kim Dorn tells KNIA/KRLS News that Marion County Public Health and Knoxville Hospital & Clinics will each receive 200 doses, while Pella Regional Health Center will receive 600 doses. These vaccinations will be distributed to those in Phase 1A of the priority population. These people include:
– Health Care Providers with direct patient contact and thus are unable to telework, including those who work in inpatient, outpatient, or community settings, who provide services to patients or patient family members, or handle infectious material.
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