First veteran, employee at Marion VA Medical Center receive COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccines gives at Marion VA Medical Center By Amber Ruch and Isabelle Hanson | December 22, 2020 at 11:39 AM CST - Updated December 24 at 4:36 AM
MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - The Marion VA Medical Center began distributing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, December 23.
Lyman Morris was the first Marion VA veteran to receive the vaccine on Wednesday.
He is an Air Force veteran and a former employee of the medical center.
Lyman Morris is the first Marion VA Medical Center Veteran to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at our Marion VA.Posted by Marion VA Health Care System on Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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MARION (WSIL) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs now says the veterans they serve will be some of the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine.
The VA is expected to provide vaccines to front-line workers and Veterans who live in long-term care units in 37 of its medical centers across the country.
The Marion VA Medical Center says they are not giving out vaccines yet, but they are already preparing a clinic for veterans.
After The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced last week
vaccine distributions will be given out, the Marion Marion VA Medical Center says they received an influx of calls.