Health care workers get first COVID-19 vaccines
Plans are still being developed to administer vaccines to surrounding counties
ZANESVILLE - Genesis Hospital administered its first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine shortly before noon on Tuesday.
The vaccines arrived at 9:30 Tuesday morning and after two hours to defrost Dr. Jignesh Modi, an infectious disease specialist with Genesis HealthCare, received the first dose.
Of the 975 doses the hospital received, 30 were expected to be administered on Tuesday. Today is a very exciting day for us, said Matt Perry, president and CEO of Genesis HealthCare System. You look at all these health care professionals lining up to get the vaccine, that should give our community the comfort that this is a very safe and effective thing that is really going to help us fight the pandemic.