Pfizer now says each COVID vaccine vial contains six doses and not five as previously stated - increasing the amount available - as vaccination centers await new syringes designed to help them extract the extra dose
Vaccination centers across the country are to receive special syringes that will enable a sixth dose to be extracted from vials of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine
Specialized syringes are being delivered a month after FDA approved technique, however the country s supply of the low dead space syringes syringes is scarce
White House is now pledging to use Defense Production Act to ramp up manufacturing of low dead volume or low dead space syringes
States to get more syringes to extract bonus Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose By Alexander Tin U.S. races to roll out vaccine as new COVID strains surge
Vaccination centers across the country are expecting their first federal shipments this week of supplies designed to help them extract a sixth dose from vials of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, said state health officials. The specialized syringes are being sent a month after the FDA first gave the green light for health care providers to try to squeeze out the extra dose found in many vials.
Registered Pharmacist Paula Agoglia fills a dead volume syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site in William Reid Apartments in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 23, 2021.
Two Staunton nursing homes deal with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks Two Staunton nursing homes, including the Envoy of Staunton, are dealing with ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks. (Source: WHSV) By Chelsea Church | January 15, 2021 at 6:14 PM EST - Updated January 15 at 6:14 PM
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) â Two skilled-nursing centers in Staunton are among some of the most severely affected nursing homes in Virginia when it comes to COVID-19.
Those infections have led to more than 30 deaths between the two facilities.
âFrom the beginning of this pandemic long-term care facilities have been particularly impacted by COVID-19,â Tammie Smith, Public Relations Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Health, said.