Registration websites have crashed. Endless waits on phone lines have frustrated people seeking appointments or simple information. And some private health care centers have been unable to work through bureaucracies to get doses to the right people, at times wasting opened vaccines or giving them to people far down the priority list. In Florida, older residents camped on lawn chairs outside centers waiting for their shots.
State health department officials say they are happy to have the Guard’s ability to put up tents in 15 minutes and turn to a bevy of skilled personnel to quickly scale up and change direction when steps like registration are bogged down.
By ISAAC STANLEY-BECKER | The Washington Post | Published: January 1, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Forty-four people received an antibody treatment instead of Moderna s coronavirus vaccine in an error Wednesday at a vaccination clinic in Boone County, W.Va. The West Virginia National Guard, which announced the error Thursday, said medical experts advising the state s covid-19 response do not believe there is any risk of harm to the people. The Guard s statement indicated 42 residents were affected, though county officials said the number was actually 44.
West Virginia on track to deliver Covid vaccines to all its nursing homes by year-end, governor says CNBC 12/22/2020 Kevin Stankiewicz
West Virginia has relied on local pharmacies to vaccinate its long-term care facility staff and residents, Gov. Jim Justice told CNBC.
More than half of the state s pharmacies are not chain affiliated, according to Maj. Gen. James Hoyer of the West Virginia National Guard.
CVS and Walgreens are beginning large-scale vaccinations at the nation s nursing homes this week.
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West Virginia is on track to administer Covid-19 vaccines at all of its long-term care facilities by the end of this year, Republican Gov. Jim Justice told CNBC on Tuesday.