Pioneer Ridge Health and Rehab resident Janet Rusk receives a COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29, 2020.
Staff members and residents at Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab were given the option to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the skilled nursing facility.
Walgreens administered the Pfizer vaccine at Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab, 4851 Harvard Road, to staff and residents of the facility’s skilled nursing and rapid recovery units, a news release from the organization said.
“We feel so fortunate to be offering the vaccine to our residents and staff,” Ann Bell, Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab administrator, said in the release. “We cannot thank Walgreens and the CDC enough for prioritizing our community and senior living communities across the country.”
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From left, Dr. Cooper Nickel, a primary care provider at Heartland Community Health Center, and his father, Dr. Graig Nickel, a family physician at Watkins Student Health Center at the University of Kansas, receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, at Heartland.
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Heartland Community Health Center received its anticipated 1,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at 9 a.m. Tuesday and began vaccinating Tier 1 health care workers slightly before 11 a.m., according to the health center’s leader.
Robyn Coventon, CEO of Heartland, said vaccine distribution was taking place at the health center, 346 Maine St., Suite 150. Those getting the vaccine will enter the building, as opposed to a drive-thru option. Coventon said a dedicated observation area was available inside for individuals post-vaccination.
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Walgreens today began administering Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff at long-term care facilities in Ohio and Connecticut.
Walgreens pharmacy team members will provide COVID-19 vaccinations in approximately 800 long-term care facilities across 12 states the week of December 21, including many in rural and urban medically-underserved areas.
The company will continue to expand vaccinations to nearly three million residents and staff at 35,000 long-term care facilities that have selected Walgreens as their vaccine provider, as states finalize their distribution plans and receive vaccine allocations.
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Staff and residents of long-term care facilities are the second priority group, after frontline healthcare workers, to receive the vaccine.
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In this May 4, 2020, photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Kansas, but much is still unknown about the first phase of the distribution process in Douglas County.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use on Friday, and some health care workers in Wichita began receiving shots on Monday, according to The Associated Press. But it is unknown exactly when the vaccine will arrive at Lawrence’s hospital, as well as how many doses the county will receive, LMH Health spokeswoman Amy Northrop said. And while front-line health care workers and long-term care residents are first in line for the vaccine, it’s still unclear where other residents will fall on the list of priorities.