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Alaska entered its second phase (Phase 1b) of coronavirus vaccine distribution on Wednesday, allowing Alaskans aged 65 years or older to begin making appointments for vaccinations that will become available starting Monday.
Individuals in that age bracket are considered to be part of Tier 1 of Phase 1b, and became eligible to schedule appointments at noon on Wednesday.
But by about 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, no appointments for COVID-19 vaccination remained available.
Tessa Walker Linderman of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said in a late Wednesday afternoon media briefing that the lack of appointments was not an issue of the DHSS scheduling website being overrun, but the number of people trying to book appointments outnumbered the available vaccine providers at that time.
First COVID-19 Vaccines Being Administered in Ketchikan
Wednesday AM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center began administering doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline employees and medical staff Tuesday. Family medicine physician Charlie Jose, MD, and emergency room nurse Amanda Schlecht, RN, were the first two to receive the vaccine. Dr. Jose and Amanda Schlecht have been on the frontlines of patient care throughout the pandemic. Both were eager to receive the vaccine and look forward to the greater community getting immunized when supplies increase.
PeaceHealth will continue to vaccinate frontline staff over the coming weeks and will continue to work with the Emergency Operations Center and local public health to support community distribution of vaccine once it becomes broadly available.
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 18, 2020
The Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 doses contained in this box were too warm when they arrived in Ketchikan on Wednesday, officials say. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
Ketchikan’s first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine was spoiled and couldn’t be used. But replacements have already arrived
Pandemic response officials said Friday that the 20 doses that arrived at Ketchikan’s airport on Wednesday were too warm and had to be discarded. The batch was intended for public health staff and EMS personnel. But officials say nobody received an injection. A fresh batch arrived Friday.
Spokesperson Kacie Paxton wrote in a statement that larger communities like Juneau and Anchorage received a container directly from drugmaker Pfizer. Ketchikan’s doses were transferred into a smaller package and sent by air freight to the community.
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