2 mass vaccination sites to launch on Oahu in a bid to ramp up distribution
2 mass vaccination sites to launch on Oahu in a bid to ramp up distribution By HNN Staff | January 13, 2021 at 12:51 PM HST - Updated January 18 at 10:58 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The first of two mass vaccination sites on Oahu will launch Monday at Pier 2 amid a push to rapidly increase the number of people getting shots each day.
Officials stressed the sites will be vaccinating people by appointment only.
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Hawaii Pacific Health will be managing the Pier 2 site, a cruise ship terminal, and said it has already started randomly contacting some of its patients who are eligible for the vaccines.
Hawaii Lags Other States In Administering COVID-19 Vaccines, Federal Data Shows - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Lags Other States In Administering COVID-19 Vaccines, Federal Data Shows
But state officials say the pace will pick up with mass vaccination centers, including one due to open Monday. Reading time: 8 minutes.
Hawaii is lagging in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, falling to 44th nationwide on Wednesday as health officials struggle with capacity and uncertainty surrounding the federal delivery of more doses.
Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 154,000 doses have been shipped to Hawaii, but just over 36,000 have been administered. The Hawaii Department of Health says it has received about 109,000 and administered more than 40,000 a figure that has not yet been reflected in the federal system.
December 21, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Today, the State Department of Health confirmed 134 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total number to 20,351.
The Big Island has 13 new cases, bringing the island’s total to 1,803. The island has had 50 deaths from COVID-19 out of the state’s 282 total deaths attributed to COVID-19.
There are now two FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, one by Pfizer/BioNTech and one by Moderna. The State is receiving both, and has a priority list for how vaccines will be distributed. Both Kona Community Hospital and Hilo Medical Center are receiving vaccines today–Kona Hospital has already received vaccines. The first priority is health care workers. Dr. Jill Hoggard Green, CEO of Queen’s Medical Center on O’ahu, said today during the House Committee on COVID-19 that Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital will receive part of the Kona Hospital shipment and plans to begin vaccinating health care workers tomorrow.
On âmomentousâ day, stateâs first COVID-19 vaccines administered to local healthcare workers
Stateâs first COVID-19 vaccines administered to local healthcare workers By Allyson Blair | December 15, 2020 at 11:06 AM HST - Updated December 16 at 6:34 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A doctor whoâs witnessed firsthand the pain COVID-19 has inflicted on hundreds of Hawaii families was given a dose of hope Tuesday: the first coronavirus vaccine administered in the state.
Dr. Lester Morehead works in the COVID unit at the Queenâs Medical Center. He volunteered to get the shot. He was asked afterwards how he felt.
âIâm honored,â said Morehead. âI want others to get it. My biggest fear is people wonât get the vaccine.â