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Pharmacists fan out to small care homes to vaccinate at-risk kupuna
Independent pharmacists and nurses are traveling to small care homes to vaccinate kupuna By Mahealani Richardson | January 27, 2021 at 5:29 PM HST - Updated January 28 at 6:50 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - As part of a new state program, pharmacists and nurses are going directly to small residential care and foster homes to vaccinate fragile and isolated kupuna.
Among those who got the shot Wednesday: 82-year-old Patricia Souza, who lives in an Ewa Beach foster home. âI was lucky that I got to do it,â she said.
âIâm hoping that it gives me a lot of power.â
For licensed homes with fewer than 10 residents, pharmacists from Pharmacare, 5 Minute Pharmacy, Times Supermarket, Queens Medical Center, Foodland, and ElixRx will make home visits.
The DOH and the University of Hawai‘i unveiled a new infographic report and dashboard this week to track COVID-19 isolation and quarantine data on the island of O‘ahu.