DoD to prioritize overseas personnel in COVID-19 vaccine distribution
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Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, provides a COVID-19 vaccination update to the media at the Pentagon Thursday. Photo by Jack Sanders/U.S. Department of Defense
April 8 (UPI) The Department of Defense is prioritizing distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations to individuals deployed overseas, officials said Thursday.
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director of the Defense Health Agency, told reporters Thursday that deployed personnel are being prioritized due to limited availability of vaccinations from local health providers, according to a Pentagon press release.
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Department of Defense targets May 1 for full vaccine availability
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Defense Department officials have said the department will be ready to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to all eligible beneficiaries by May 1, in keeping with a White House announcement that on that date, all Americans will be able to get vaccinated if they want to.
“We are committed to contributing to the president achieving his goal of 200 million shots in 100 days,” said Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Terry Adirim during a briefing March 26 at the Pentagon.
Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place, director of the Defense Health Agency said that depending on the rate at which the Department of Defense can get vaccines, and the uptake rate – that’s the number of personnel who step forward to get vaccinated – it’s possible that by early summer, every person in the Department of Defense could be vaccinated.
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Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Terry Adirim, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and is currently serving as the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for Health Affairs. As the Acting ASD, Adirim is the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness for all Department of Defense health and force health protection policies, programs, and activities.
Previously, Adirim was Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Professor of Pediatrics and Chair of the Department of Integrated Medical Sciences at the Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. In her role as Senior Associate Dean, she was responsible for providing leadership over the College of Medicine’s clinical enterprise including providing vision, strategy and oversight of patient care, clinical translational research activities and the