By The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Health care workers and a few others began receiving the first vaccinations against the new coronavirus in Alabama on Tuesday as cases of the illness caused by the virus continued to increase.
Two physicians at Southeast Health in Dothan were the first in the state to receive the vaccine, the Alabama Department of Public Health said. Cullman Regional Medical Center said a longtime nurse, Donna Snow, had received an initial dose of the two-step vaccine a day after the hospital, located north of Birmingham, received its first shipment.
“I’m hopeful that more people are able to take the vaccine so we can begin to see a decline in the number of critically ill patients and families impacted by this disease,” Snow, who works in critical care, said in a statement released by the hospital.
Alabama health department announces list of hospitals getting the coronavirus vaccine
Two Southeast Health physicians prepare to receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital this morning. Walter Doty IV, MD, pulmonologist/intensivist and medical director of Southeast Health Critical Care (seated, left) and Ravi Nallamothu, MD, medical director of Southeast Health Hospitalist (seated, right) are attended by Chris Holland, RN, director, Surgical Services and Ben Ryals, RN, nurse manager, ER. Courtesy of Southeast Health
The vaccine is initially being distributed to 15 hospitals in Alabama.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 2:57 PM
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 3:12 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
The Alabama Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced which hospitals are receiving the coronavirus vaccine in the first round of distribution.
Alabama medical workers begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine today
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Two doctors at Southeast Health in Dothan, Dr. Walter Doty IV (left) and Dr. Ravi Nallamutho (right) received the first vaccines for COVID-19 in Alabama at 8:05 a.m. They were attended by Chris Holland, directorof surgical services and Ben Ryals, nurse manager, ER
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The first COVID-19 vaccine in Alabama was administered Tuesday morning at Southeast Health in Dothan, as hospitals around the state announced plans to begin distributing immunizations later in the day.
Dr. Walter Doty IV, director of the critical care unit at Southeast Health and Dr. Ravi Nallamothu, the director of hospital medicine at Southeast Health, received the first doses a little after 8 a.m.
First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Alabama By Staff and WSFA Staff | December 15, 2020 at 11:33 AM CST - Updated December 15 at 6:28 PM
DOTHAN, Ala. (WSFA/WTVY) - The first COVID-19 vaccines were administered in Alabama Tuesday.
Doctors Walter Doty IV and Ravi Nallamothu received the first doses at Southeast Health in Dothan. Registered nurse Chris Holland, director of Surgical Services at Southeast Health, administered the vaccines, according to the Alabama Department of Public Health.
The first phase of shipments of the Pfizer vaccines started arriving at hospitals in Alabama Monday.
In all, 15 Alabama hospitals were chosen to receive the vaccine due to their ability to store it at the below-freezing temperature required.