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A FedEx truck pulled into the Washoe County Health District’s parking lot first thing in the morning, greeted by a sidewalk crowded with the press.
It wasn’t a grand entrance of any sort. The 3,900 doses fit neatly into one box with an eye-catching bright pink label that read, “Priority Boarding.” This box was carefully placed on a dolly and rolled into the health district nine months into the pandemic.
James English is with the health district. He said the arrival of the vaccine provided some relief.
“There’s been a lot of anxiety because there’s a lot of what-ifs, you don t know when it’s coming, we did not know when it [was] coming,” English said.
Right now, 90 percent of staffed hospital beds are occupied.
Nevada To Receive 164,150 Vaccines In December
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The Associated Press
Federal officials have allocated 164,150 vaccines to be distributed in Nevada this month. State officials plan to distribute the initial doses to frontline health care workers and nursing home residents and staff. More than 173,000 people are designated as part of the first distribution tier forcing the state to decide how to prioritize among health care workers. Officials said they plan to prioritize individuals in high risk environments and were still determining what each category entailed, including whether essential retail workers included casino employees that the state has said are key to economic recovery.