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Maui’s clinics and long-term health care facilities are gearing up for the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, which was approved for emergency use Friday and expected to roll out to priority groups across Hawaii this month.
The state announced Thursday that it would distribute more than 81,000 doses in December for the first-priority category of high-risk health care workers and long-term care facilities. Maui Memorial Medical Center could receive its first shipment next week.
At Maui Medical Group, which has five clinics islandwide, Administrator Cliff Alakai said Friday that they will qualify for the first-round distribution of the vaccine. About 30 of the group’s physicians practice at Maui Memorial, so they may be part of that facility’s distribution, he added. Maui Medical Group is still awaiting word on whether its physicians not based at hospitals and about 275 employees could also be included in the initial round.