BRHC Doctors Receive First Doses of Pfizer Vaccine
Doctors at Bothwell Regional Health Center were the first to receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Sedalia Friday morning at 10 a.m.
In a small room off the hospital s cafeteria, the first group of doctors were vaccinated by Sarah Wuellner, infection prevention nurse, and Leslie Stevenson, both from the BRHC Infection Prevention Department.
The vaccination is a two-step process. Those who received the vaccine Friday must return in 21 days for a booster shot of the same vaccine, explained BRHC CEO Lori Wightman.
“I think it s an exciting day,” Wightman remarked after the first group of doctors received their shot in the arm (in the deltoid muscle) to immunize them against the coronavirus.
BRHC Doctors Receive First Doses of Pfizer Vaccine
Doctors at Bothwell Regional Health Center were the first to receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Sedalia Friday morning at 10 a.m.
In a small room off the hospital s cafeteria, the first group of doctors were vaccinated by Sarah Wuellner, infection prevention nurse, and Leslie Stevenson, both from the BRHC Infection Prevention Department.
The vaccination is a two-step process. Those who received the vaccine Friday must return in 21 days for a booster shot of the same vaccine, explained BRHC CEO Lori Wightman.
“I think it s an exciting day,” Wightman remarked after the first group of doctors received their shot in the arm (in the deltoid muscle) to immunize them against the coronavirus.
Bothwell Regional Health Center has reached bed capacity at several points in the last month.
SEDALIA â The increase of positive COVID-19 cases in Pettis County over the last month has caused problems for the Pettis County Health Center and Bothwell Regional Health Center.
Wednesdayâs COVID-19 numbers showed 644 active cases in Pettis County, with 24 hospitalizations. There were also five COVID-19 deaths reported Wednesday, totaling 47 deaths. By comparison, Boone County, which has over four times the population size, had 887 active cases and 34 hospitalizations.
The numbers for Pettis County are actually down from where they were previously. Active cases totaled 903 on Dec. 8.Â
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