Crossing state lines for COVID-19 vaccines
Crossing the line for COVID-19 vaccines By Kelly Roberts | February 11, 2021 at 9:11 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 10:09 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - State and local health department leaders said some vaccine hunters are making sure they get shots by crossing county and sometimes state lines for faster service.
While there’s nothing stopping people from doing that, health officials said it’s not the best idea.
“These vaccines are not constrained by county lines or by state lines,” said Dr. Lisa Piercey, Tennessee Health Commissioner. “There is no prohibition on that.”
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Mid-Southerners left waiting for second dose of vaccine By Kelly Roberts | February 9, 2021 at 4:34 PM CST - Updated February 9 at 6:19 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Seven hundred appointments filled in minutes. A new set of second dose vaccination appointments were opened Tuesday, but for many due for their booster this week, they saw slots were filled within minutes of being notified.
Thousands of people are due to get their second dose of the COVID1-19 vaccine this week. So far only two days have been set aside for those appointments this week and for some, anxiety is reaching a boiling point.
Residents at local senior living facility vaccinated after long wait
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said the effort to give first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and those who live in skilled nursing home facilities is pretty much complete.
Now the effort is underway in assisted living facilities.
Pharmacists from Walgreens were on hand this week to administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to residents and employees of Belmont Village Senior Living. A representative said 96% of residents and 60% of employees were vaccinated.
They say implementing an education campaign within the facility early on was important to the event s success. We started talking about this really early, as soon as we knew the vaccine was approved. We went through a lot of education, we ve had a lot of small group kind of town hall meetings, Zoom meetings, said Senior Vice Preside
Older population, teachers get moved up in Tennesseeâs vaccination plan
TDH updates COVID-19 vaccine plan By Kelly Roberts | December 30, 2020 at 5:11 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 4:44 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Tennessee has made some notable changes to its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan. While the state continues to vaccinate health care workers, those in long term care facilities and first responders, it is also adding any citizen over 75 years old to the top of the list.
Itâs a concurrent concept and is showing to be unique compared to other statesâ plans.
âTo my knowledge, this is one of the few if not the only thatâs taking this concurrent approach,â said Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey. âOur plan is based on Tennessee data. We know over half of Tennesseans hospitalized are 65 [years old or older] and 80% of deaths are 65 [years old or older].â