Long-term care communities and families prep for incoming vaccine
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
With the FDA committee recommending Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine approval, long term care facilities in the state are one step closer to getting doses.
Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said Missouri will get 105,000 doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine as early as Sunday. An FDA advisory committee is set to review Moderna s safety data on Thursday.
Williams said the plan is to use 70,000 of the Moderna vaccine doses strictly for long-term care facilities across the state. The state plans to vaccinate at least two-thirds of long term care facilities starting next week if the vaccine is approved.