BILL PEARSON Mon, 01/11/2021 - 11:45am
Lincoln County public safety personnel received the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 1 and 2. Maine Center for Disease Control has designated Waldoboro Emergency Medical Service and Boothbay Region Ambulance Service as vaccination providers. Waldoboro EMS inoculated 52 and Boothbay Region inoculated 44. BRAS Executive Director Scott Lash reported a follow-up shot will occur later this month. Maine CDC advises a second shot be administered 28-32 days after the first.
Special training BRAS and Waldoboro EMS personnel received included identifying potential negative reactions. Lash described it as “quite an intensive process.”
Maine CDC has designated public safety personnel as the first to receive vaccinations. Public safety personnel from around Lincoln County will schedule appointments with Waldoboro and Boothbay Region. “They call us and we schedule a time for them to come here,” Lash said.
BILL PEARSON Mon, 01/11/2021 - 11:45am
Lincoln County public safety personnel received the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 1 and 2. Maine Center for Disease Control has designated Waldoboro Emergency Medical Service and Boothbay Region Ambulance Service as vaccination providers. Waldoboro EMS inoculated 52 and Boothbay Region inoculated 44. BRAS Executive Director Scott Lash reported a follow-up shot will occur later this month. Maine CDC advises a second shot be administered 28-32 days after the first.
Special training BRAS and Waldoboro EMS personnel received included identifying potential negative reactions. Lash described it as “quite an intensive process.”
Maine CDC has designated public safety personnel as the first to receive vaccinations. Public safety personnel from around Lincoln County will schedule appointments with Waldoboro and Boothbay Region. “They call us and we schedule a time for them to come here,” Lash said.
Fri, 12/18/2020 - 7:45pm
The first COVID-19 vaccination in Maine was administered Dec. 16 to a Maine Medical Center intensive care unit nurse. Vaccinations may follow to Lincoln County within the next week or two. LincolnHealth spokesman John Martins reported on Dec. 16 a shipment of Moderna vaccinations is tentatively scheduled. “We may receive it next week,” he said. “The first couple of shipments won’t be very large. Right now, we are prioritizing our front line workers as the first to receive a vaccination.”
Martins reported the number of doses expected “varies.” The largest estimate was for 600 Moderna doses, but the hospital has not received an official confirmation. In the meantime, LincolnHealth is creating a vaccination priority list. Martins said the list would include all hospital personnel working in the emergency department, intensive care unit and in-patient care workers.