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December 29, 2020
FORT MEADE, S.D. The Fort Meade VA Medical Center received its first set of Moderna COVID vaccinations on Monday and has already begun distribution.
Adriana Lalicker, a VA nurse, was the first to receive the vaccination, and is glad to have done so. With COVID cases on the rise, health care workers are looking forward to additional options that would keep their patients and families safe, and hope the vaccine will be a turning point.
“It’s not a pleasant virus to suffer from,” said Lalicker, a Community Living Center nurse. “The number of veterans that we care for in the Community Living Center who have multiple core morbidities, being able to get the vaccine to protect my veterans, to protect myself, to protect my family, is just the best feeling.”
VA Long Beach Healthcare System will begin COVID-19 vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting December 22, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization for this vaccine.
“VA Long Beach is eager to aggressively begin vaccinating our in-patient Veterans and staff using the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. With one of the largest Spinal Cord Injury Centers within the VA system, and over 60 bed Community Living Center, it is critical to begin as soon as possible,” said Richard Beam, Director of Public and Community Services. “Receiving the vaccine is like having hope delivered. As vaccine supplies increase, our ultimate goal is to offer COVID-19 vaccination to all veterans and employees who want to be vaccinated.”
Salisbury VA Health Care System begins Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations Army Veteran and Community Living Center resident Thomas Vaughn, 67, was the first person to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at the Salisbury VA Medical Center. (Source: Salisbury VAMC) By David Whisenant | December 23, 2020 at 4:38 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 4:38 PM
SALISBURY, N.C. (WBTV) -
From the Salisbury VAMC: Salisbury VA Medical Center received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine December 22, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationâs Emergency Use Authorization for this vaccine.
âThe Salisbury VA Medical Center is eager to offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to health care personnel and its Community Living Center residents,â said Dave Collins, acting medical center director. âReceiving the vaccine is like having hope delivered. As vaccine supplies increase, our goal is to offer COVID-19 vaccination to all Veterans and employees who want to be vaccina
ELKTON â The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Cecil County.
âI didnât even notice it,â said Kerri DâAlessandro, the first caregiver to receive the vaccine at Union Hospital on Monday. âI didnât feel it until the next day.â
The hospital received 500 vials of the Moderna vaccine, which was granted emergency use authorization last week, with another 400 on the way. Each vial contains 10 doses, and they have capacity to administer about 160 per day, starting with their own staff of about 1500.
DâAlessandro spent the next morning administering the vaccine to her colleagues who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis since it swept through the country in March. They were excited to get the vaccine before the end of the year after record-breaking development and testing â vaccines typically take years to prepare for widespread public use.
VA begins to administer COVID-19 vaccine
Staff report
The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and began administering the shot Wednesday afternoon to patients and staff at its Leavenworth and Topeka medical centers.
VA representatives said 700 doses have arrived – 350 doses in Topeka and 350 doses in Leavenworth at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center.
Officials said the health care system will be getting 700 doses on weekly basis.
“We are proud of what we are doing for our veterans and staff,” said Rudy Klopfer, director of the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System.