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On January 28, 2021, Norris Cochran, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), amended the Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 (PREP Act Declaration) in order to address the need to expand the pool of COVID-19 vaccinators to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations. As background, the PREP Act (42 U.S.C. § 247d-6d) authorizes the secretary of HHS to issue a declaration to immunize certain individuals including “qualified persons” and entities (Covered Persons) against any claim of loss related to “Covered Countermeasures.” Former Secretary Alex Azar issued his initial COVID-19 PREP Act Declaration on March 10, 2020.
Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
A light covering of snow lay outside the Integris Baptist Medical Center Portland Avenue campus that cold Monday in December as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the first doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine had arrived in Oklahoma. Hope is near, the governor said.
Stitt, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and other health officials held a news conference before giving the state s first COVID-19 vaccinations before the cameras.
Emergency room nurse Hannah White, 31, stood by, ready to be the first in Oklahoma to receive the inoculation against the novel coronavirus that had been sickening and killing people across the nation and worldwide,
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials responsible for preparing for a pandemic routinely raided funds for public health emergencies, diverting money from vaccine development to pay for other projects at the U.S.
US vaccine agency diverted funds for other uses, watchdog says
WASHINGTON U.S. officials responsible for preparing for a pandemic routinely raided funds for public health emergencies, diverting money from vaccine development to pay for other projects at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a federal watchdog said Wednesday.
The Office of the Special Counsel said an anonymous whistleblower tipped off authorities that funds intended for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, were diverted away from vaccines and preparedness. Instead, millions went to pay for other expenses at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, including the removal of furniture, news subscriptions, and unrelated salaries, legal services and administrative expenses.