State’s oldest residents elevated on list for first COVID-19 immunizations
World War II veteran John Mohun, 94, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs agency in Phoenix on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The VA began administering vaccinations to staff and veterans in Phoenix, starting with those at the VA health care system’s nursing home and are voluntary for both staff and veterans. They will be offered next to staff of the emergency department and intensive care unit of the VA’s Phoenix medical center, spokeswoman Cindy Dorfner said. (Dexter Marquez/Veterans Affairs via AP)
Arizona’s oldest residents are going to be moved up on the list of who gets the first COVID-19 immunizations.
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PHOENIX Arizona s oldest residents are going to be moved up on the list of who gets the first COVID-19 immunizations.
The move by Gov. Doug Ducey and the Department of Health Services comes a week after the an advisory panel of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says those 75 and older should be moved into the second tier of those getting the vaccine. That puts them behind only health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
Ducey, in a prepared statement, said the move is justified. One of Arizona s top priorities since the start of the pandemic has been to protect our most vulnerable, he said.
PHOENIX Arizona’s oldest residents are going to be moved up on the list of who gets the first covid-19 immunizations.
The move by Gov. Doug Ducey and the Department of Health Services comes a week after the an advisory panel of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says those 75 and older should be moved into the second tier of those getting the vaccine. That puts them behind only health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
Ducey, in a prepared statement, said the move is justified.
“One of Arizona’s top priorities since the start of the pandemic has been to protect our most vulnerable,’’ he said.
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