Maryland, Virginia among states getting less COVID-19 vaccine than expected
The states say Operation Warp Speed told them they d be receiving fewer doses than estimated, but didn t provide a reason. Author: Jess Arnold, Jordan Fischer Published: 5:25 PM EST December 18, 2020 Updated: 5:25 PM EST December 18, 2020
WASHINGTON Health officials in DC, Maryland, and Virginia are reworking their vaccine plans after learning unexpectedly Thursday that they could be receiving fewer doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
The states were informed by Operation Warp Speed – which for the moment is coordinating all vaccine shipments between manufacturers and states – that the next round of vaccine shipments will likely be smaller than expected. In Virginia, health officials say they’re now planning to receive only 370,650 of the 480,000 doses they were expecting by the end of the year.
There’s still some hesitancy among residents and employees when it comes to getting the shot. Author: Dana Smith Updated: 6:20 PM EST December 16, 2020
NORFOLK, Va. Long-term care facilities are next up to receive deliveries of the COVID-19 vaccine but there is a reluctance among some people to get the vaccine.
President and CEO of Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, Tom Orsini said about 85 percent of employees and patients there want the shot.
The Virginia Health Department s Deputy Commissioner for Population Health Dr. Laurie Forlano said doses will arrive at long-term care facilities in a matter of days.
“The people that live and work in long term care facilities have definitely been disproportionally impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Forlano said. “The majority of long-term care facilities and when I use that term, it’s mostly nursing homes, that’s where we’ll start, assisted nursing facilities etc. they’ll sta
The pneumonia struck first. Then came two negative COVID-19 tests administered in a long-term care facility, a ventilator and a longing to come home.
By June, Gaylene Kanoyton would lose the woman who raised her â six months before vaccinations arrived to nursing homes and presented a shot of hope in a pandemic thatâs claimed more than 300,000 lives across the country.
âThis is why Iâm dedicated to working so hard,â said Kanoyton, president of the Hampton NAACP and a member of Virginiaâs Vaccine Advisory workgroup. âI donât want anyone to have to go through what I went through.â
December 16, 2020
With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the thornier question is figuring out who goes next.
The answer will likely depend on where you live.
While an influential federal advisory board is expected to make its recommendations later this month, state health departments and governors will make the call on who gets access to a limited number of vaccines this winter.
As a result, it’s been a free-for-all in recent weeks as manufacturers, grocers, bank tellers, dentists, and drive-share companies all jostle to get a spot near the front of the line.
First COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Virginia: A glimpse of the light at the end of this really long tunnel
The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer arrived in Virginia on Monday.
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RICHMOND, Va. The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer arrived in Virginia on Monday.
Both Bon Secours, which serves the Richmond-area, and Sentara Healthcare, which services Williamsburg and Hampton Roads, released pictures and videos of its facilities receiving a shipment of the vaccine.
Sentara Healthcare
Sentara receives its initial shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) said 18 healthcare systems, three on Monday and 15 on Tuesday, around the Commonwealth will received shipments. Those systems are ones that have the ultra-cold-storage equipment necessary to handle the vaccine as it needs to be kept at minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit.