2 Alabama VA hospitals administering Moderna COVID vaccine
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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By Nikki Wentling Stars and Stripes (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Veterans and health care workers will receive coronavirus vaccines this week at 128 more Department of Veterans Affairs facilities across the country.
The department is readying doses of the Moderna vaccine, which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Friday for emergency use. Richard Stone, executive in charge of the Veterans Health Administration, said the VA had ordered 122,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine ahead of its approval and prepared 200 sites to dispense it. The first 113 sites will start this week, the department announced Monday.
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