Vaccine hopefuls urged to âkeep tryingâ to sign up
ELLSWORTH â Maine residents are receiving the COVID-19 vaccination â but slowly, as the supply of doses trickles into the state. However, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several Northern Light hospitals, including in Ellsworth and Blue Hill, are scheduling vaccination appointments for those 70 years of age and older as part of Phase 1B of Maineâs vaccination plan.
But getting through may take time.
âKeep trying,â Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew said on Jan. 19.
Because vaccination supplies are limited, there are limited appointments, and available slots fill up quick. Worse, 35 facilities received Moderna vaccination doses on Jan. 18 that had exceeded the storage temperature requirement at some point in their journey to Maine, as measured by an electronic temperature monitoring system on each shipment. The total doses affected wer
COVID-19 vaccination plan updated; outbreak at Maine Coast Hospital
ELLSWORTH Maine residents are receiving the COVID-19 vaccination but slowly. A total of 53,511 frontline health-care and other workers and residents of long-term care and nursing home facilities have been vaccinated since late December, with 8,493 of them receiving the required second dose, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Executive Director Dr. Nirav Shah said at a Jan. 13 press briefing.
However, Maine is receiving a limited and unpredictable number of doses each week.
“We were getting more doses of vaccines at the end of December than we are right now,” Shah said.